10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chetwynd · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chetwynd
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Chetwynd than in the rest of Victoria. While 30% of Victorians were born abroad, only 10.6% of Chetwynd residents were, making it a community where the vast majority of people have local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 34.1%, followed by Australian at 29.4% and Irish at 16.5%. Scottish and Italian roots are also present, making up 8.2% and 7.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (70.6%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.5%.
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 Chetwynd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20546/chetwynd/topic/ancestry-heritage