33.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kooyong · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kooyong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Kooyong than in most similar areas, with 33.1% of residents arriving from another country. This diversity is seen in the local ancestry, where English and Australian roots are the most common, but Chinese ancestry is also very prominent at 19%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestry are the most common, making up 28.9% and 23.5% of the population. Chinese ancestry is also significant at 19.0%, followed by Irish at 11.7% and Scottish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 33.1%, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While 64.0% of residents were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (8.4%) and England (2.8%).
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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED226/kooyong/topic/ancestry-heritage