5.4% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chirnside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chirnside
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 Chirnside compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.4% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a massive gap when compared to the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here claim an English, Australian, or German ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 46.4%, followed by Australian at 28.6% and German at 23.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, at 82.1%. This explains why the overseas-born population is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Chirnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30604/chirnside/topic/ancestry-heritage