11.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cape Gloucester · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cape Gloucester
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 Gloucester compared to the rest of the country. Only 11.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community with a very strong focus on local and traditional colonial roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 47.1% and Australian at 44.7%. German ancestry is also notable at 15.3%, followed by Irish at 14.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 82.4% of the population. This explains why the overseas-born rate is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%, with only 3.5% of people born in England.
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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30527/cape-gloucester/topic/ancestry-heritage