14.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cassowary Coast · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cassowary Coast
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly one in seven people in Cassowary Coast were born overseas, making it a community with a smaller proportion of migrants than most of Australia. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, there is a notable Italian influence in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each held by about 32% of residents, followed by Irish (10.6%) and Italian (10.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Queensland's 22.7%. This proportion rose slightly by 1.2 points since 2011, with India and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Cassowary Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32260/cassowary-coast/topic/ancestry-heritage