22.7% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burleigh · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Burleigh, where 42.2% of people claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though it maintains a diverse mix of European roots and a shrinking proportion of overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is the most frequent, followed by Australian (33.5%), Irish (12.6%), and Scottish (11.2%) backgrounds. German ancestry also features for 5.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.7% of people were born overseas, which is about the same as the Queensland figure but well below the national average. This is a drop of 5.7 percentage points since 2011, with most residents born in Australia (71.9%) or New Zealand (5.3%).
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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30012/burleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage