6.3% ▼ -45.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cohuna · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cohuna
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cohuna than in most other similar areas. The town is predominantly Australian-born, with English and Australian ancestries making up the vast majority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (44.2%) and Australian (42.8%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish (11.2%) and Scottish (9.7%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has also fallen 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
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 Cohuna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215024/cohuna/topic/ancestry-heritage