34.4% ▲ +150.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oak Beach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oak Beach
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 Oak Beach than in most similar areas. This shift is dramatic, with the proportion of overseas-born residents jumping 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 34.4%. While many people here claim English or Australian ancestry, the community has become significantly more international over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 44.1%, followed by Australian at 30.6%. Other common ancestral links include Scottish (12.4%), Irish (10.2%), and German (5.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 34.4% of the population, which is far above the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well above the national 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (58.1%), with England (10.2%) and New Zealand (9.1%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322094/oak-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage