12.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coonarr · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coonarr
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 79% of people in Coonarr were born in Australia, making it far less diverse than the state and national averages. The area is dominated by traditional British and European roots, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 39.3% and 38.5% of the population. Other common roots include Scottish (17.1%), German (11.7%), and Irish (10.5%) ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most people were born in Australia (79%), followed by small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Coonarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30695/coonarr/topic/ancestry-heritage