15.4% ▲ +101.8%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coffs Harbour · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coffs Harbour
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A rise in overseas arrivals has seen the share of people born outside Australia in Coffs Harbour double since 2011. While 15.4% of residents were born overseas, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (41.3%) or Australian (37.6%) ancestry, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 7.8 points to 15.4% since 2011, though this remains much lower than in New South Wales. Most people here were born in Australia (78.3%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, and India.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL111002/coffs-harbour/topic/ancestry-heritage