8.2% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cawarral · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cawarral than in most similar areas. This is a community where 84.5% of residents were born in Australia, creating a profile that is much less diverse than the national average.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 49.6% and English at 38.0%. Other significant groups include Scottish, Irish, and German heritage.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 8.2% of the population was born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand and England.
8.2% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Cawarral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30564/cawarral/topic/ancestry-heritage