16.9% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fishermans Paradise · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fishermans Paradise
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Fishermans Paradise than in most similar areas. While these figures have risen to 16.9% since 2011, they remain far below the totals seen across New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 43.2% and 38.5% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas births account for 16.9% of the community, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.6%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Fishermans Paradise
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Fishermans Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122058/fishermans-paradise/topic/ancestry-heritage