13.0% ▲ +80.1%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Morisset - Cooranbong · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Morisset - Cooranbong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents has shifted the makeup of Morisset - Cooranbong, with the share of people born abroad climbing nearly 6 percentage points since 2011. While the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, this trend shows a slow move toward greater diversity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, with 45.1% and 42.0% of people claiming those roots. Scottish and Irish heritage also feature strongly, making up 11.1% and 10.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (83%), though 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 Morisset - Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1021/morisset-cooranbong/topic/ancestry-heritage