12.0% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coconuts · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coconuts
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coconuts (L) than in the rest of the country, with only 12% born outside Australia. This is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.4%, followed by Australian at 28.8% and Irish at 13.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 12% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (80.8%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Coconuts [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322028/coconuts/topic/ancestry-heritage