17.2% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Daintree · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Daintree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Daintree (L) were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 17.2% of residents were born abroad, the most common ancestries are Australian and English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, followed by English at 40.9%, Scottish at 12.9%, and German at 9.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell 5.2 percentage points since 2011 to 17.2%. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with 86% of residents born in Australia.
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 Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322032/daintree/topic/ancestry-heritage