12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cosgrove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cosgrove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 80% of people in Cosgrove were born in Australia, making it much less diverse than the state or national averages. While most residents share British and Irish roots, the area has a smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than typical Australian suburbs.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 39.2% and 35.6% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German roots are also seen in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national average of 27.7%. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Cosgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30729/cosgrove/topic/ancestry-heritage