14.6% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coomoora · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coomoora
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 77% of people in Coomoora were born in Australia, making it far less diverse than the state or national average. This is a community with deep roots in the British Isles, where the vast majority of residents claim Australian, English, Irish or Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 38.3% and 37.7% respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up a combined 25.9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Those born overseas make up 14.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England at 5.2% and New Zealand at 2.3%.
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 Coomoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20627/coomoora/topic/ancestry-heritage