9.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coowonga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coowonga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots for people in Coowonga, each making up 45.1% of the population. This small community is shaped by these deep ties, with very few residents born outside of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent, followed by Irish at 11.8%, German at 7.1%, and Scottish at 5.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.9%), with small numbers from England and South Africa at 1.6% each.
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 Coowonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30711/coowonga/topic/ancestry-heritage