7.7% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Burleigh compared to the rest of the country, with only 7.7% of residents arriving from another country. This is a stark contrast to the national figure of 27.7%, making Burleigh a place with a much stronger local birth rate than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 40.4%, followed by Australian at 26.9%, with Irish and Scottish ancestries both at 7.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and 20 points lower than the Australian average. Three quarters of the population were born in Australia.
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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30444/burleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage