5.4% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coleambally · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coleambally
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coleambally than in most similar areas. Only 5.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community much more domestically born than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 46.9% and English at 40.8%. Other notable roots include Irish at 14.1%, Scottish at 12.3%, and German at 3.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A large majority of people were born in Australia, accounting for 86.7% of the population. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% for those born overseas, with small numbers of residents arriving from England, New Zealand, South Africa, 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 Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10964/coleambally/topic/ancestry-heritage