Where the British community lives in Townsville
Townsville City has the largest British community: 5.6% of residents were born in the UK. North Ward and Bushland Beach follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 30 eligible Townsville suburbs.
This page ranks Townsville 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 Townsville'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 Townsville
Ranked by the share of residents who were born in the UK in the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents.
Townsville City
QLD 4810 · 2,945 residents6% born in the UK
North Ward
QLD 4810 · 5,073 residents5% born in the UK
Bushland Beach
QLD 4818 · 6,641 residents4% born in the UK
Belgian Gardens
QLD 4810 · 2,073 residents4% born in the UK
South Townsville
QLD 4810 · 2,424 residents4% born in the UK
Mundingburra
QLD 4812 · 3,594 residents4% born in the UK
Alice River
QLD 4817 · 2,685 residents4% born in the UK
Idalia
QLD 4811 · 4,563 residents4% born in the UK
West End
QLD 4810 · 3,891 residents3% born in the UK
Annandale
QLD 4814 · 8,376 residents3% born in the UK
Bohle Plains
QLD 4817 · 3,989 residents3% born in the UK
Railway Estate
QLD 4810 · 2,871 residents3% born in the UK
Hermit Park
QLD 4812 · 3,512 residents3% born in the UK
Burdell
QLD 4818 · 7,171 residents3% born in the UK
Cranbrook
QLD 4814 · 5,844 residents3% born in the UK
Ranked from 30 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 Townsville'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 Townsville'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.