17.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cookernup · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cookernup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cookernup compared to the state or national figures. While 17.2% of residents were born abroad, the area remains overwhelmingly Australian in its roots, with over half the population claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 56.8%, followed by Australian at 45.7%. Other notable groups include Irish (5.5%), Scottish (4.4%) and German (4.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national 27.7%. This figure fell by 1.9 percentage points since 2011, with 76.6% of residents now born in Australia.
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 Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522013/cookernup/topic/ancestry-heritage