21.3% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Koolewong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Koolewong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 21% of people in Koolewong were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the community is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.7%, followed by Australian at 31.7% and Irish at 15.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 21.3%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (74.9%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.4%.
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 Koolewong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12194/koolewong/topic/ancestry-heritage