15.3% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Chillagoe · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Chillagoe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Chillagoe, where the share of people born abroad rose to 15.3% in 2021. This shift adds to a population with deep roots in the British Isles, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 41.3%, followed by Australian (30.7%), Irish (12.0%), Scottish (9.3%), and German (6.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.3% of people were born overseas—a figure that rose 3.0 points since 2011—this is still far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.7%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.0%.
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 Chillagoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322027/chillagoe/topic/ancestry-heritage