10.4% ▼ -47.3%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chinchilla · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chinchilla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Chinchilla in 2021 compared to a decade ago. While the typical resident still identifies as Australian or English, the proportion of people born outside Australia has dropped significantly to just 10.4%. This makes the area much more Australian-born than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 41.1% and 36.3% of the population. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also feature, accounting for 9.6%, 8.8% and 7.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when the overseas-born population was 19.8%.
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 Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314008/chinchilla/topic/ancestry-heritage