15.6% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chisholm · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chisholm
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people here were born overseas than in most similar areas, though the total is still low by national standards. Chisholm is a diverse community where 15.6% of residents were born abroad, with strong ties to both British and Indian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.8% and English at 40.4%, followed by Scottish, Irish and Indian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.6% of people were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.7%, followed by England at 2.0%.
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/sal/SAL10908/chisholm/topic/ancestry-heritage