3.2% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coonamble · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of overseas-born residents live in Coonamble, where the vast majority of people have deep roots in Australia. Only 3.2% of the population was born in another country, making it one of the least diverse areas in the region.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.7% and English at 30.6%, followed by Irish (9.2%) and Scottish (8.0%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly by 0.9 points since 2011, with 82.2% of the people now born in Australia.
3.2% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011094/coonamble/topic/ancestry-heritage