26.3% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cairns City · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cairns City
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Cairns City than in most similar areas. Over a quarter of the population was born abroad, though this is still a little below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 22.7% and Australian at 12.1%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Italian origins.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.3% of residents were born overseas, which is well above the Queensland figure. While 35.9% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, India and China.
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 Cairns City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30478/cairns-city/topic/ancestry-heritage