28.5% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Noosa Heads
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a quarter of people in Noosa Heads were born overseas, a figure that has grown over the last decade. This creates a diverse community where overseas arrivals now outnumber the Queensland average by nearly 6 percentage points.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.2%, followed by Australian at 25.9%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, making up 15.2% and 14.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 28.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the national figure, it is well above the Queensland average. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.6%.
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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/ancestry-heritage