8.0% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cobar · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cobar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage defines Cobar, where the vast majority of people trace their roots to Australia and the British Isles. Most residents were born here or in other parts of Australia, contributing to a community with far fewer overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 43.1% and 32.2% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German heritage follow, accounting for 9.1%, 7.3% and 3.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.0% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. This proportion has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011, with 75.1% of residents now 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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115039/cobar/topic/ancestry-heritage