17.0% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobbitty · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobbitty
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Cobbitty, where 37.8% of people claim this background. The area has a strong connection to its roots, with a large proportion of residents born in Australia and a lower share of overseas arrivals than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 33.9%. Other significant groups include Irish (9.4%), Italian (8.5%), and Scottish (7.5%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.3%), followed by England (3.4%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Cobbitty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10953/cobbitty/topic/ancestry-heritage