14.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnett Heads · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnett Heads
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root in Burnett Heads, where 46.2% of people claim this heritage. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains much less diverse than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 46.2% and 40.3% of the population. Other common roots include Scottish (12.1%), Irish (10.7%) and German (8.1%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 14.5% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), followed by England (4.5%) and New Zealand (3.6%).
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 Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30449/burnett-heads/topic/ancestry-heritage