10.5% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coorow · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coorow
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Coorow, where 44.8% of residents claim these roots. This heritage, along with a strong Australian identity, defines the local profile in a place where very few people were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 44.8% and 40.9% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, while German ancestry accounts for 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of people in Coorow were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Western Australian and national rates. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 76.5% of the population born in Australia.
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 Coorow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52030/coorow/topic/ancestry-heritage