30.0% ▲ +303.6%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mermaid Beach · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mermaid Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge 23 percentage point jump in the overseas-born population since 2011 defines the recent growth of Mermaid Beach. Now, 30% of residents were born in another country, making it much more diverse than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.2%, followed by Australian at 30.1%, Irish at 11.3%, and Scottish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Thirty per cent of people here were born overseas, which is well above the Queensland figure of 22.7%. While 65.3% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England and China.
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 Mermaid Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30053/mermaid-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage