17.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Copeland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Copeland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Copeland compared to the rest of the state, with only 17.6% of the population born abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in its origins than New South Wales and Australia as a whole.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (41.9%) or Australian (39.2%) ancestry, followed by Irish and Scottish roots at 14.9% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.6% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. About 78.4% of residents were born in Australia, and England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.1%.
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 Copeland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11058/copeland/topic/ancestry-heritage