42.7% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chatswood West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chatswood West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry for the 29.1% of people in Chatswood West who claim it. The area is very diverse, with over four in ten residents born overseas, which is far above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 29.1%, followed by Chinese at 26.2% and Australian at 21.0%. Irish and Scottish roots are also seen in 9.1% and 6.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 42.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 29.3%. While 55.2% were born in Australia, 11.2% were born in China and 4.7% in England.
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 Chatswood West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10892/chatswood-west/topic/ancestry-heritage