The bar chart below describes some changes about the percentage of people were born in Australia and who were born outside Australia living in urban, rural and town between 1995 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below describes some changes about the percentage of people were born in Australia and who were born outside Australia living in urban, rural and town between 1995 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar charts illustrate the difference between 1995 and 2010 in the proportion of
people
born in
Australia
and born outside
Australia
in terms of a place to live.
Overall
, the charts display a similar pattern with living in cities dominating for both groups.
To begin
with, since 1995, living in cities has already been preferred by
people
who were born in
Australia
and outside
Australia
. Both groups presented more than 50
percent
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per cent
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of the
overall
population. In 2010, the percentage increased to more than three-fifths for the Australian-born
people
group
, and to four-fifths for the
group
of
people
born outside
Australia
.
In contrast
, the two remaining places show different trends. The percentage of
people
who were born in
Australia
living in towns stood at 20% and gradually decreased to 10%. For the other
group
, only a slight drop from 10% to about 7%. The rural areas show a higher proportion compared to towns in 1995, but the percentage significantly fell by 20% in the Australian-born
people
group
and plunged to 5% from 40% in the
group
of
people
born outside
Australia
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Percentage
  • Demographic
  • Trends
  • Urban areas
  • Rural areas
  • Town
  • Native-born
  • Foreign-born
  • Migration patterns
  • Economic factors
  • Government policies
  • Increase
  • Decrease
  • Steady
  • Peak
  • Trough
  • Time frame
  • Significant changes
  • Distribution
  • Notable
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