12.7% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chesney Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chesney Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chesney Vale sits around the middle of similar areas for its mix of residents born overseas. Most people here claim Australian or English ancestry, with 37.7% and 32.8% respectively. This creates a community where the vast majority of people have roots in the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, followed by Irish at 16.7%, Scottish at 10.3%, and German at 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). About 77% of the population was born in Australia, while 1.5% were born 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 Chesney Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20545/chesney-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage