12.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cowper · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cowper
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Cowper in 2021 than in 2011, with that figure falling by 5.3 percentage points. This reflects a community where the vast majority of residents are born in Australia, and British and Irish heritage remains very strong.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.8%, followed by Australian at 39.5% and Irish at 12.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. Most residents were born in Australia (80.5%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.6%.
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 Cowper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED110/cowper/topic/ancestry-heritage