8.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands than in the rest of Australia. Only 8.6% of residents were born in another country, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much more locally born than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 24.8% and English at 10.1%. Other notable groups include Scottish, Chinese, and Irish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 8.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 28.9% seen across Other Territories. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 73.5% 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/901021002/cocos-islands/topic/ancestry-heritage