49.7% ▲ +182.4%
Higher than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chisholm · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chisholm
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Chisholm were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This international mix is most visible in the ancestry data, where Chinese, English, and Australian roots are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 28.9%, followed by English at 18.6% and Australian at 15.8%. Indian and Irish backgrounds also feature, making up 7.1% and 5.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 49.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the 30% seen across Victoria. This is a huge increase from 2011, when only 17.6% were born abroad, and is consistent with China being the most common birthplace outside 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 Chisholm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED207/chisholm/topic/ancestry-heritage