6.6% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charlton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charlton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Charlton than in the rest of Victoria. Only 6.6% of the population was born abroad, which is a huge gap compared to the state average. This reflects a community where the vast majority of residents have deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 43.0% and 34.7% of the population. Other significant family roots include Irish at 16.0% and Scottish at 9.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of people born overseas is far below the national figure, with only 6.6% born abroad compared to 27.7% across Australia. Most of the community was born in Australia (81.6%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.2%.
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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20535/charlton/topic/ancestry-heritage