23.4% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cook · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About one quarter of residents in Cook were born overseas, placing the area around the middle for similar regions. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, the local mix is rounded out by significant Irish and Greek roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 32.1%, followed closely by Australian at 29.2% and Irish at 10.8%. Greek and Scottish backgrounds are also common, at 8.3% and 8.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 23.4% of the population, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when the proportion was 38.6%.
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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED109/cook/topic/ancestry-heritage