9.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Norwell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Norwell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Norwell, where 43.9% of people claim this background. The area is predominantly born in Australia, with a far lower share of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 41.3%, while a quarter of the population identifies as German. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 8.5% and Scottish at 2.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (82%), followed by New Zealand (3.2%) and England (1.6%).
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 Norwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32191/norwell/topic/ancestry-heritage