18.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chowerup · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chowerup
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Chowerup at the last census than in previous years. While 18.8% of residents were born outside Australia, the community remains predominantly Australian in its ancestry and birth origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim English ancestry (53.1%), followed by those of Australian (62.5%) and Scottish (25.0%) descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 18.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this remains well below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Chowerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50292/chowerup/topic/ancestry-heritage