15.2% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beerwah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beerwah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Beerwah than in most similar areas, although the local figure remains much lower than the national average. While 15.2% of residents were born abroad, the community remains overwhelmingly rooted in British and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.4% and 39.4% of the population. Other significant roots include Scottish (11.4%), Irish (10.9%), and German (6.5%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 15.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (79.1%), followed by New Zealand and England, both at 4.2%.
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 Beerwah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30205/beerwah/topic/ancestry-heritage