7.7% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Stradbroke Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Stradbroke Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in North Stradbroke Island than in the rest of the country. Only 7.7% of residents were born abroad, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the island much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (32.6%), English (28.2%), or Irish (12.2%) ancestry. Scottish and German heritage also feature in the community's makeup.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 73.5% of people here were born in Australia. The small number of overseas-born residents are mostly from England (2.2%) and New Zealand (2.2%), while the proportion of people born overseas is far below the Queensland figure.
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 North Stradbroke Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32183/north-stradbroke-island/topic/ancestry-heritage