13.6% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coominya · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coominya
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coominya compared to the rest of the country, with only 13.6% of residents born abroad. This is well below the Queensland and national figures, reflecting a population with deep roots in Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry (44.2%) or English ancestry (42.1%), followed by Irish (13.8%), Scottish (9.9%) and German (8.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has fallen 6.4 percentage points since 2011 and is now far below the national figure. Most people here were born in Australia (83.4%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are England (5.3%) and New Zealand (2.7%).
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 Coominya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321030/coominya/topic/ancestry-heritage