18.5% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Koah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Koah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of heritage shapes daily life in Koah, where 18.5% of residents were born overseas. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the proportion of overseas-born people is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.1%, followed by Australian at 26.5%. Scottish, Irish, and German heritage are also prominent, making up a combined 24.9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia (68.2%), though England and New Zealand both account for 3.8% of the population. The share of overseas-born residents is well below the national figure by 9.2 percentage points.
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 Koah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31562/koah/topic/ancestry-heritage