22.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kuranda · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kuranda
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Kuranda, where 37% of residents claim this heritage. The community has a diverse mix of roots, and the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 22.4%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry leads the group at 37%, followed by Australian (28%), Irish (12.4%), and Scottish (11%) backgrounds. German ancestry is also notable at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011. While this is about the same as the Queensland figure, it is well below the national average of 27.7%.
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315049/kuranda/topic/ancestry-heritage