8.6% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cape Cleveland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cape Cleveland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cape Cleveland than in the rest of the state or country. While 27.7% of Australians were born abroad, only 8.6% of people here share that experience. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of Australian-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.8%, followed by Australian at 38.3% and Irish at 14.8%. Scottish and German roots are also present in 10.2% and 7.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, at 78.1%. This proportion is far higher than the national figure, with the overseas-born population sitting far below Queensland's 22.7%.
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 Cape Cleveland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30525/cape-cleveland/topic/ancestry-heritage