7.4% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobar · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Cobar, where 43.7% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with a small overseas-born population that has barely changed over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 33.7%, followed by Irish at 9.2%, Scottish at 7.3%, and German at 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the 27.7% national average and the 29.3% state figure. Most people were born in Australia (76.7%), while the smallest groups come from New Zealand, England, the Philippines and India.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11750/cobar/topic/ancestry-heritage