in the 2011 census the population of burleigh heads is 9,188, 52.2% female and 47.8% male. the median/average age of the burleigh heads population is 40 years of age, 3 years above the australian average. 69.3% of people living in burleigh heads were born in australia. the other top responses for country of birth were new zealand 6.8%, england 4.6%, brazil 0.9%, scotland 0.8%, south africa 0.6%. 85.2% of people speak english as their first language 0.8% portuguese, 0.5% italian, 0.4% german, 0.4% japanese, 0.3% french.