5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooke Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooke Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few things have shifted in the roots of Cooke Plains since 2011, as it remains a community with very few overseas-born residents. Most people here trace their heritage back to the British Isles, with nearly half of the population claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English heritage are the most common, making up 46.4% and 44.9% of the area. Other significant ancestral groups include German (11.6%), Irish (7.2%) and Scottish (5.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. This makes it an area with a much lower proportion of overseas births than most other regions, with 94.2% born in Australia.
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 Cooke Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40297/cooke-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage