27.5% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunshine Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunshine Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have moved to Sunshine Beach from overseas since 2011, creating a diverse population where over a quarter of residents were born outside Australia. This openness to the world is reflected in a mix of origins, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 46.5%, followed by Australian at 26.5% and Irish at 16.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While 66.2% were born in Australia, England and New Zealand are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32700/sunshine-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage