13.6% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coobowie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coobowie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Coobowie compared to the rest of the country. Only 13.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 14 percentage points below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.6%, followed by Australian at 31%. Other common ancestries include German (10.9%), Scottish (8.9%) and Irish (7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, this is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.6%.
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 Coobowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40296/coobowie/topic/ancestry-heritage