10.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chakola · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chakola
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Chakola compared to the rest of the country, with only 10.2% of residents arriving from another nation. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the state and national averages. British and Irish roots remain the dominant ancestral ties here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each claimed by 43.2% of residents, followed by Irish (19.3%) and Scottish (6.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 81.8% of the population.
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 Chakola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10880/chakola/topic/ancestry-heritage