18.5% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calwell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calwell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 18.5% of people in Calwell were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, the community is primarily made up of people with Australian, English, Irish, and Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 38.9% and 36.9% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the ACT figure of 28.7% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.3%), with others arriving from England, India, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Calwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80029/calwell/topic/ancestry-heritage