7.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chiltern Valley · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Chiltern Valley in 2021 compared to previous years. Most residents here claim Australian or English ancestry, and the vast majority were born in Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents identify as Australian by ancestry, followed by English at 39%, Irish at 19.5%, and German at 10.4%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is lower than most areas, with 87% of the population born in Australia.
7.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Chiltern Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20552/chiltern-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage