15.1% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coolgardie · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coolgardie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Coolgardie compared to the state or national average. While 15.1% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry, with 33% and 32.1% respectively. Irish, Scottish and German ancestry also make up smaller portions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%.
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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521014/coolgardie/topic/ancestry-heritage