8.2% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.2% of people in Coolah were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. The community remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from other countries compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 45% and 41.4% of the population. Irish, Scottish and German backgrounds also make up smaller portions of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81% of residents born in Australia, Coolah has a much lower proportion of overseas-born people than the national figure of 27.7%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%, while the share of people born abroad is far below the New South Wales average.
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 Coolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121022/coolah/topic/ancestry-heritage