7.7% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cobar than in most similar areas, with only 7.7% of the population arriving from another country. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the state. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 43.4% and 33.0% of the population. Other notable roots include Irish at 8.9% and Scottish at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (75.8%), while the next most common birthplaces are New Zealand, the Philippines, England, and India.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/ancestry-heritage