6.7% ▼ -82.3%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cootamundra · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cootamundra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted traditions define Cootamundra, where an overwhelming majority of residents share a deep connection to their British and Irish heritage. Most people here were born in Australia, reflecting a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by those claiming Australian (43.2%) and English (41.4%) roots, followed by Irish (12.9%) and Scottish (9.9%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This represents a sharp decline for Cootamundra, as the proportion of overseas-born residents fell 31 points since 2011.
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 Cootamundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10022/cootamundra/topic/ancestry-heritage