31.7% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cheltenham · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cheltenham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of people in Cheltenham were born overseas, with this figure rising 3.2 percentage points since 2011. Now, 31.7% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure well above the national average. This shift is seen in a diverse mix of backgrounds, including significant Italian and Indian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 25.8% and 24.0% of the area. Italian ancestry is also prominent at 11.4%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 31.7%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 24.1%. While 64.6% of people were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are India at 5.2% and Vietnam at 4.6%.
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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40006/cheltenham/topic/ancestry-heritage