5.5% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cohuna · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cohuna
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Cohuna, where nearly 45% of residents claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few people from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 45.1% and 42.4% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, accounting for 11.2% and 10.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and 27.7% nationally. The vast majority were born in Australia, with England as the next most common birthplace at 1.3%.
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 Cohuna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20604/cohuna/topic/ancestry-heritage