17.3% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooran · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooran
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Cooran, where 46.5% of people claim these roots. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains far less diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half the population identifies as English, followed by Australian at 37.8%. Other common ancestries include Irish at 13.4% and Scottish at 13.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.3% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Cooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30700/cooran/topic/ancestry-heritage