19.3% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooltong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooltong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people were born overseas in Cooltong than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is Australian or English, nearly one in five people here was born outside Australia, with a notable Greek and Italian presence in the local ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 39.1% and 34.8%. Other significant groups include Greek (11.8%), German (9.9%) and Italian (8.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 19.3% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Cooltong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40299/cooltong/topic/ancestry-heritage