0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coojar · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Zero people in Coojar were born overseas, creating a massive gap compared to the 30% of people born abroad across Victoria. This sparsely populated area is almost entirely Australian-born, with heritage rooted mainly in English and Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 65.8%, followed by Australian at 36.8% and Irish at 15.8%. Scottish and German backgrounds each account for 10.5% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and much lower than most similar areas. In line with this, 89.5% of residents were born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Coojar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20623/coojar/topic/ancestry-heritage