27.8% ▲ +203.4%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gold Coast - Tweed Heads · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 19 percentage point jump in overseas births since 2011 marks a shifting demographic for Gold Coast - Tweed Heads. While the area remains majority Australian-born, it now has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than the Queensland average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 40.4% and Australian at 31.3%. Other significant groups include Irish (10.8%), Scottish (10.2%), and German (4.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.8% of people here were born overseas, which is well above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and about the same as the national average. Aside from Australia (66.4%), the most common birthplaces are New Zealand (6.7%), England (4.9%), China (1.3%), and South Africa (1.3%).
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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3007/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/ancestry-heritage