The provided chart illustrates the proportion of individuals who came into the world in and outside of Australia residing in urban areas, towns, and rural areas from 1950 to 2010.
Overall, both individuals born in and outside of Australia staying in cities were significantly higher compared to towns and rural areas. In addition, the percentage of people born in and outside of Australia in cities experienced increases while the opposite was the case for towns and rural areas.
Looking first at people raised in Australia, the percentage of individuals staying in cities stood at around 50% in 1950, after which this figure showed a slight increase to approximately 65% in 2010. Opposite movements but with different levels of intensity can be observed in the figures for towns and rural areas, which started at 20% and above 35%, respectively in 1950, then experienced declines and had equal figures at just over 15% each in 2010.
As for people based out of Australia, cities again claimed the top spot at around 63% in the first examined year, before soaring to 80% in the final examined year. Meanwhile, the proportion of towns initially began at just 15%, followed by a slight decrease to above 10%, during the same period. Having a similar trend, albeit more pronounced, the figure for rural areas held the second position at 40% in 1950, after decreasing dramatically and being lower than town’s figures at under 8% in 2010.