18.2% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Currumbin - Tugun · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Currumbin - Tugun
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than one in five people were born overseas in Currumbin - Tugun, which is well below the national figure. This area has a very strong connection to British and Irish roots, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 43.5%, followed by Australian at 33.3% and Irish at 15.2%. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 12.3% and German at 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure well below both Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This proportion rose slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia at 76.0% and New Zealand at 4.5%.
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 Currumbin - Tugun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021231/currumbin-tugun/topic/ancestry-heritage