4.9% ▼ -62.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolamon · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolamon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted traditions define Coolamon, where a huge majority of the population was born in Australia. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents, with only 4.9% of people born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 42.0% and 45.1% of residents respectively. Irish (15.0%) and Scottish (12.2%) roots are also frequent in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.9% of people in Coolamon were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the proportion of overseas-born residents was 13.0%.
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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115042/coolamon/topic/ancestry-heritage