19.7% ▲ +73.3%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kawana · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kawana
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kawana than in the rest of the country, with only 19.7% of residents arriving from another nation. While this is well below the national figure, the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen by 8.4 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.8%, followed by Australian at 36.0%. Irish and Scottish ancestries each account for 12.3% of the population, while German ancestry makes up 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people in Kawana were born in Australia, accounting for 75.5% of the population. Among those born overseas, England is the most common birthplace at 5.5%, followed by New Zealand at 4.4%.
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 Kawana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30040/kawana/topic/ancestry-heritage