11.7% ▲ +45.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cooee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cooee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cooee compared to the rest of the country, with only 11.7% of residents arriving from abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than both Tasmania and the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry in Cooee is dominated by Australian and English roots, which make up 42.4% and 40.4% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, both sitting at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 11.7% of residents born overseas is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.4% and far below the 27.7% national average. Most people here were born in Australia (84.4%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3%.
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 Cooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60126/cooee/topic/ancestry-heritage