7.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooma
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots define the community of Cooma (Vic.), where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. This local identity is reflected in a population that is overwhelmingly born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common, at 47.9% and 45.7% respectively, followed by Irish ancestry at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse than most other regions, with 89.4% of residents born in Australia.
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20625/cooma/topic/ancestry-heritage