6.6% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coonabarabran · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coonabarabran
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.6% of people in Coonabarabran were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country. Most people here identify with traditional European roots, particularly Australian and English heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 39.9% and 38.9% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish (9.5%), Scottish (8.9%) and German (3.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 78.5% of residents born in Australia, the proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most other areas. This 6.6% figure is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
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 Coonabarabran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11043/coonabarabran/topic/ancestry-heritage