14.5% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rainbow Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rainbow Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are the most common in Rainbow Beach, where 39.6% of people claim English ancestry. This coastal community has a strong tie to its British and Australian heritage, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia or the UK.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 39.6% and 36.1% of residents respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (12.3%), Scottish (11.5%), and German (8.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.5% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (73%), followed by England (4.2%) and New Zealand (2.5%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Rainbow Beach
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32385/rainbow-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage