37.7% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Clear Island Waters · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Clear Island Waters
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in three people in Clear Island Waters were born overseas, a figure that has risen since 2011. This high level of international migration makes the area far more diverse than most of Queensland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, though Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 11.3%. Other significant groups include those with Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 37.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While most people were born in Australia, the largest overseas birthplaces are China, England, and New Zealand.
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 Clear Island Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30618/clear-island-waters/topic/ancestry-heritage