12.9% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cook · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cook as of the 2021 Census, with the share falling by 9.8 percentage points since 2011. Now, only 12.9% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where the vast majority of residents are born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, each representing about 24% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestries follow as the next most frequent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.9% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (75.9%), while England and New Zealand are the most common overseas 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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30021/cook/topic/ancestry-heritage