16.7% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cookernup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cookernup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for over half the people in Cookernup. The area has a strong Australian and British foundation, though a small number of residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 54.6%, followed closely by those who identify as Australian at 45.4%. Other notable groups include Irish (5.5%), Scottish (5.1%), and Italian (4.5%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.7% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (77%), with England (9.9%) and New Zealand (1.5%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50322/cookernup/topic/ancestry-heritage