12.4% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cottonvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian heritage are the most common roots for people in Cottonvale, where 62.7% of residents claim one of these two ancestries. The area has a relatively low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 34.6%, followed by Australian at 28.1%. Other common ancestries include Italian at 10.5%, Irish at 9.2%, and German at 5.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (72.5%), while the next most common birthplaces are England and New Zealand at 2.6% 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 Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30732/cottonvale/topic/ancestry-heritage