7.4% ▲ +36.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Charlton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Charlton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Charlton, shared by 41.6% of the population. This local area has a very strong connection to its roots, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia and very few arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the next most common at 35.8%, followed by Irish (15.5%) and Scottish (10.5%) backgrounds. Italian ancestry also accounts for 1.9% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221018/charlton/topic/ancestry-heritage