29.7% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coogee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little more than a quarter of people in Coogee were born overseas, which is a little above the national figure. This diversity is reflected in the local ancestry, where Italian roots are far more common than in most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 34.6%, followed by Australian at 26.6% and Italian at 16.9%. Scottish and Irish ancestries each make up about 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 30% of residents were born overseas, a figure much higher than most similar areas. While this is a little below the Western Australian average, the most common birthplaces outside Australia are England (8.7%) and Italy (2.6%).
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50321/coogee/topic/ancestry-heritage