12.3% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chittaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chittaway Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.3% of people in Chittaway Bay were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of New South Wales. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with strong ties to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, each claimed by about 44% of residents. Other notable backgrounds include Irish at 11.9% and Scottish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.9%), followed by England at 4.1% and New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Chittaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10910/chittaway-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage