Where the British community lives in Sunshine Coast
Noosaville has the largest British community: 11.1% of residents were born in the UK. Pelican Waters and Peregian Springs follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 56 eligible Sunshine Coast suburbs.
This page ranks Sunshine Coast suburbs by where the British community is most established, using the 2021 Census. Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in the UK. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side — ancestry, country of birth, language spoken at home — but the ABS publishes only one for the British community, and a zero in place of a question that was never asked would read as an absence of people. Percentile ranks are computed within Sunshine Coast's pool. This is descriptive demographic information, not a recommendation. The census publishes no British ancestry category — English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish are separate answers, and adding them together would invent a grouping the ABS never measured. Country of birth is the published British figure.
Where the British community lives in Sunshine Coast
Ranked by the share of residents who were born in the UK in the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents.
Noosaville
QLD 4566 · 8,716 residents11% born in the UK
Pelican Waters
QLD 4551 · 7,393 residents11% born in the UK
Peregian Springs
QLD 4573 · 9,532 residents11% born in the UK
Twin Waters
QLD 4564 · 2,966 residents10% born in the UK
Doonan
QLD 4562 · 3,727 residents10% born in the UK
Eumundi
QLD 4562 · 2,504 residents10% born in the UK
Noosa Heads
QLD 4567 · 5,120 residents9% born in the UK
Tewantin
QLD 4565 · 11,164 residents9% born in the UK
Sunshine Beach
QLD 4567 · 2,480 residents9% born in the UK
Sunrise Beach
QLD 4567 · 3,687 residents8% born in the UK
Parrearra
QLD 4575 · 4,661 residents8% born in the UK
Little Mountain
QLD 4551 · 11,068 residents8% born in the UK
Peregian Beach
QLD 4573 · 4,972 residents8% born in the UK
Buderim
QLD 4556 · 31,430 residents8% born in the UK
Mooloolah Valley
QLD 4553 · 3,629 residents8% born in the UK
Ranked from 56 qualifying suburbs.
Ranked on the share of residents born in the relevant country (ancestry fragments across sub-groups, so birthplace is the more reliable signal here) in the 2021 Census, percentile-ranked within Sunshine Coast's candidate pool. Every suburb also shows all three census angles — ancestry, country of birth, and language spoken at home — because no single number captures a community on its own. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify. Ancestry is a multiple-response question, so shares read as "residents who reported this ancestry", not an exclusive count. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
How is this ranking put together?
Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who were born in the UK. The census publishes no British ancestry category — English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish are separate answers, and adding them together would invent a grouping the ABS never measured. Country of birth is the published British figure. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Sunshine Coast's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.
Why is only one figure shown per suburb?
Other community pages show two or three census angles side by side, but the ABS publishes a fixed list of ancestries, birthplaces and languages, and they do not cover every community equally. We show the figures that exist rather than filling the gaps with a zero, which would read as an absence of people instead of an absence of a question.
How current is it?
The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.