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The bar charts provide information about the proportion of the population in and outside
Australia
 and their area of residence. The data compares the figures in the years 1995 and 2010. Overall, it can be noted that an increasing pattern was seen in
people
 born in and outside of
Australia
 that reside in
cities
 in the given time period.
In contrast
, a decreasing percentage of
people
 living in rural
areas
 and
towns
 was documented. In detail, in 1995, residents of
Australia
 living in the
cities
 were approximately 50% and
people
 living in rural
areas
 and
towns
 were approximately 30% and 20%, respectively.
On the other hand
, those individuals living outside
Australia
 that reside in
cities
,
towns
, and rural
areas
 were about 10% higher than
that
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those people
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people
 living in
Australia
. Fifteen years later, a different trend can be observed. While a considerable increase was reported for residents living both in and outside
Australia
, the residents in
towns
 and rural
areas
 decline considerably.
People
 in
Australia
 living in
cities
 were at around 65% and about 18% for both
towns
 and rural
areas
. Those born outside and living in
cities
 accounted for 80% while those living in
towns
 were for nearly 10%.
However
, those living in rural
areas
 declined significantly to 5%.
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