19.2% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beachmere · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beachmere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower proportion of people were born overseas in Beachmere compared to the national figure. While the area is more diverse than many similar places, only 19.2% of residents were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 47.8% and 35.5% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, at 12.0% and 11.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 19.2% of residents born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (75.6%), followed by England at 7.2% and New Zealand at 3.9%.
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 Beachmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30190/beachmere/topic/ancestry-heritage