12.1% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cockatoo · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cockatoo
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Cockatoo, where 43.6% of people claim this background. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 40.2%, followed by Irish (10.8%) and Scottish (9.7%) roots. German ancestry accounts for 4.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.1%.
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 Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20600/cockatoo/topic/ancestry-heritage