31.9% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Douglas
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse international backgrounds shape daily life in Port Douglas, where nearly 32% of the population was born overseas. This mix of cultures is much higher than in most similar areas across the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 36.7%, followed by Australian at 24.2% and Irish at 10.3%. Scottish and German roots are also prominent, making up 9.8% and 5.6% of the community respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 31.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure well above the national average of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While 51.9% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups come from England (6.7%) and New Zealand (4.1%).
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 Port Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32352/port-douglas/topic/ancestry-heritage