21.8% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Caloundra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Caloundra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Caloundra than in most similar areas. While 21.8% of the population grew up abroad, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 44.4%, followed by Australian at 32.9% and Irish at 13.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.8% of residents were born overseas, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England at 5.5% and New Zealand at 5.3%.
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 Caloundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30492/caloundra/topic/ancestry-heritage