12.3% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kotara · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kotara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British roots define the community in Kotara, where 45.2% of people claim English ancestry. Most residents were born in Australia, contributing to a local profile that is far less diverse than the wider state or nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, followed by Scottish at 13.2% and Irish at 12.3%. German ancestry is also present for 4.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. Australia is the birthplace for 84.8% of residents, with England as the most common overseas origin at 2.8%.
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 Kotara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12208/kotara/topic/ancestry-heritage