13.5% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burrum Heads · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burrum Heads
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 13.5% of people in Burrum Heads were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the rest of the country, with a very strong focus on traditional roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English ancestry at 47.8% or Australian at 38.7%. Other common roots include Irish at 11% and Scottish at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the Queensland average of 22.7%. Nearly 79% of the population was born in Australia, followed by England at 5.1% and New Zealand at 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 Burrum Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30455/burrum-heads/topic/ancestry-heritage