15.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cottonvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the heritage of Cottonvale, where 90% of people claim one of these two ancestries. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains far below the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 60%, followed by Australian at 30% and Italian at 15%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. Almost all residents, 95%, 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 Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11087/cottonvale/topic/ancestry-heritage