14.1% ▲ +176.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coonawarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coonawarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coonawarra than in the rest of the country, with only 14.1% born abroad. This is well below the South Australian figure and far below the national average, reflecting a population with deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 43%, followed by Australian at 34.1% and Irish at 15.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the 14.1% of residents born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, this remains much lower than the state and national figures. Most people in the area were born in Australia, accounting for 78.5% of the population.
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 Coonawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40306/coonawarra/topic/ancestry-heritage