12.1% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Churchill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Churchill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its overseas population, Churchill has a strong local identity. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots, while only 12.1% were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 42.2% and 38.7% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and Dutch backgrounds follow as the next most frequent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%.
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 Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20561/churchill/topic/ancestry-heritage