4.0% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kootingal · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kootingal
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kootingal than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated region is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a small minority of residents coming from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, with 44.4% and 46.0% of residents claiming these roots. Irish and Scottish heritage are also present at 12.3% and 10.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 4.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, at 90.6%.
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 Kootingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12203/kootingal/topic/ancestry-heritage