14.5% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnett Heads · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnett Heads
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas arrivals have grown in Burnett Heads, with the proportion of people born abroad rising by 3 percentage points since 2011. While 14.5% of residents were born overseas, the community remains predominantly Australian in its roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.2% and 40.3% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 14.5% of people born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, although this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnett Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315010/burnett-heads/topic/ancestry-heritage