11.7% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooyar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roots in the British Isles remain a defining feature of Cooyar, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. The community's makeup has stayed relatively steady over the last decade, with the vast majority of people born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 36.8%, followed by Australian at 30.7%. Other significant roots include Scottish (10.4%), German (10.0%), and Irish (5.2%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (74.9%), while the next most common birthplaces are England (5.6%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/ancestry-heritage