9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolgardie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolgardie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The cultural makeup of Coolgardie has stayed mostly stable over the last decade, with a strong tie to traditional roots. Most people here identify with British and Irish origins, and the area remains far less diverse than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 43.2% and 41.7%, followed by Scottish, Irish and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.0%.
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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11031/coolgardie/topic/ancestry-heritage