17.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Palm Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Palm Beach than in the rest of Australia. While 17.6% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.2%, followed by Australian at 35%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 13.6% and 12.4% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents is higher than in most similar areas, though it is well below the Queensland average. Australia is the birthplace for 76.8% of people, with New Zealand and England as the next most common origins.
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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32257/palm-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage