16.3% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooma · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooma
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Cooma compared to the rest of the state. While most residents trace their roots back to Australia and the UK, the proportion of people born abroad has risen slightly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 39.2% and English at 35.1%. Irish, Scottish, and German heritage are also prominent, making up 11.9%, 11.0% and 5.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. This figure rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with 77.9% of people born in Australia and 2.2% born in England.
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101031014/cooma/topic/ancestry-heritage