Figure 11.21: Australia’s cultural diversity in 2006. More than 24 percent (4.95 million) of Australia’s people were born in other places, making Australia one of the world’s most ethnically diverse nations.

[Source consulted: Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Main Countries of Birth,” Year Book Australia, 2008, Table 7.39, at http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/8D6ED0E197FE38A6CA2573E7000EC2AD/$File/13010_2008.pdf]