9.1% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cape York · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cape York
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Daily life in Cape York is shaped by a population with deep local roots, where 75.8% of people were born in Australia. Very few residents were born overseas, a figure that has fallen over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for over 18% of the population, followed by Irish at 5.4% and Scottish at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most areas. This proportion fell 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
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 Cape York [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011396/cape-york/topic/ancestry-heritage