11.3% ▲ +71.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charlestown · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charlestown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Charlestown, where 43.1% of residents claim these roots. The area has a very strong Australian identity and a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian backgrounds are the most prominent, making up 43.1% and 42.3% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish ancestry are also common, at 12.5% and 11.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and much lower than most areas. This proportion has risen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011, though 85.3% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10018/charlestown/topic/ancestry-heritage