5.6% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coolah than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born or of British and Irish descent, with very few residents arriving from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.5% and 39.9% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 9.4% and 9.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. About 77.3% of residents were 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 Coolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11024/coolah/topic/ancestry-heritage