6.0% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cookamidgera · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cookamidgera
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 6% of people in Cookamidgera were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community with deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify with Australian or English ancestry, with both groups making up about 47% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also common at 11.9% and 9.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 6.0%, which is 22 percentage points below the Australian figure. Roughly 90.7% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Cookamidgera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11016/cookamidgera/topic/ancestry-heritage