31.5% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Airlie Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Airlie Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for residents in Airlie Beach, where 39.3% of people claim this heritage. The area is notably diverse, with nearly a third of the population born overseas, which is well above the national and state figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 39.3% and 24.0% respectively, followed by Irish at 12.0%, Scottish at 10.2% and German at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 31.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 22.7% seen across Queensland. While 54.1% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England (6.9%) and New Zealand (5.3%).
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 Airlie Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30016/airlie-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage