20.9% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolangatta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About one in five people in Coolangatta were born overseas, making it a more international place than most similar areas. While the area has a strong pull for migrants, the overall proportion of overseas-born residents is well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 42.3%, followed by Australian at 31.8% and Irish at 14.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20.9% of the population were born overseas, this is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national average of 27.7%. Australia is the primary birthplace for 71.9% of residents, with New Zealand and England as the next most common origins.
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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/ancestry-heritage