The bar chart illustrates the evolvement of ratio of inhabitants in different areas of Australia (urban, rural and town) grouped by place of birth(people borned in Australia and people born out of Australia) between 1995 and 2010. The units are in percentage. Overal, for both groups, there has been a decline in the proportion of people living in towns and rural areas over the 15 years period. It can also be observed that there has been an upward trends for cities and that they attracts more people than any other living area in both population of study.
People with Australia as place of birth in the year 1995 living in the cities amounted for around 50% which is double the proportion of those living in rural areas belonging to the same cohort. Far behind came the proportion of people living in town in the same year, which amounted for only 20%. After 15 years, there has been a slight increase in the number of australian born who live in cities, which went up to 60% of inhabitants. Meanwhile a conisderable decreased was observed for those who live in towns and rural areas each of which shrinked down to around 15%.
Regarding individuals born outside Australia, in the year 1995, the highest proportion was observed for the cities, which recorded 60 %, followed by rural areas with 40%. Towns recorded the lowest rate of inhabitants in this cohort, amountitng just around 10%. However, in the year 2010, the proportion of people living in cities had increased by 20% amounting a total of 80% of inhabitants in this group of study. On the other hand, people living in town and rural areas have reduced by almost half of the initial proportion for town (15%) and more than half for rural areas (5 %).