20.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lower Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lower Daintree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of over 7 percentage points separates Lower Daintree from the national figure for overseas births. While 20.5% of residents were born outside Australia, this is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains below the state and national levels.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 59.0%, followed by Australian at 27.7% and Irish at 16.9%. Scottish and Italian heritages are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.5% of people were born overseas, which is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the Australian average. Most residents were born in Australia (72.3%), with New Zealand as the next most common birthplace at 7.2%.
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 Lower Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31692/lower-daintree/topic/ancestry-heritage