5.8% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobden · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.8% of people in Cobden were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small proportion of overseas-born residents means the town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with ancestry patterns reflecting deep British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, with English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry also appearing in high numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 5.8% of residents born outside Australia is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most people here were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Cobden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20591/cobden/topic/ancestry-heritage