12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobourg · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobourg
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in heritage is evident in Cobourg, where Irish and Scottish ancestries now lead the local mix. While most residents were born in Australia, about 12.5% of the population was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Irish ancestry is the most common at 18.8%, followed by Scottish at 15.6% and English at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 12.5%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Northern Territory's 21.8%. This is consistent with the fact that 93.8% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Cobourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70058/cobourg/topic/ancestry-heritage