13.8% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coal Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coal Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Coal Point than in most similar areas. While 84.3% of residents were born in Australia, those with overseas roots bring a variety of backgrounds to the community, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48%, followed by Australian at 38.7% and Scottish at 15.9%. Irish and German backgrounds are also represented in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.8% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the state figure of 29.3% and 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 Coal Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10942/coal-point/topic/ancestry-heritage