19.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coorooman · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coorooman
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Coorooman were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the state and national levels, the community shows a diverse mix of roots, with over half of residents claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestry is Australian at 54.6%, followed by English at 32%, and Irish and Scottish both at 12.4%. Dutch ancestry is also present for 9.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.6% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the Australian average of 27.7%. Aside from the 75.3% born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are South Africa at 8.2% and England at 5.2%.
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 Coorooman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30704/coorooman/topic/ancestry-heritage