16.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cardwell · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cardwell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Cardwell than in most similar areas. While the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen to 16.2% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 40.8%, followed by Australian at 33.2%, Scottish at 11.2%, Irish at 10.8% and German at 5.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (73.3%), but others arrived from England (4.7%), the Philippines (2.5%), New Zealand (2.4%) and India (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 Cardwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315014/cardwell/topic/ancestry-heritage