17.2% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cawongla · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cawongla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of people were born overseas in Cawongla compared to most similar areas. While 17.2% of the population was born abroad, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.7% and English at 38.7%. Other common backgrounds include Irish (14.2%), Scottish (9.3%) and Italian (3.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most of the population was born in Australia (71.1%), followed by England at 5.9% and New Zealand at 3.9%. This means the 17.2% born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Cawongla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10863/cawongla/topic/ancestry-heritage