11.6% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Koo Wee Rup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Koo Wee Rup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 11.6% of people in Koo Wee Rup were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly of Australian and English descent, which mirrors the same strong trend seen in the local birthplace data.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.5% and English at 42.8%. Other notable groups include Irish at 10.0%, Scottish at 8.9%, and Italian at 6.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (83.9%), followed by England (2.9%) and New Zealand (1.5%).
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 Koo Wee Rup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21380/koo-wee-rup/topic/ancestry-heritage