23.5% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chittering
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Chittering claim English ancestry, making it a strongly British-influenced area. While many residents have roots in the UK and Ireland, the community has a lower proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 50.4% and 43.0% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German heritage also feature in the community's makeup.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.5% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this figure is well below the Western Australian and national rates. Most of these people came from England, where 12.3% of the population was born.
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 Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50291/chittering/topic/ancestry-heritage