22.9% ▼ -42.7%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lindsay · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lindsay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 23% of people in Lindsay were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. While Australian and English ancestries are the most common, the share of overseas-born residents has fallen sharply by 17 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 33.7% and 30.8% of the population. Other frequent ancestries include Irish at 8.4%, Scottish at 6.9%, and Indian at 4.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 22.9% of the population, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (71.5%), followed by India, England, the Philippines and New Zealand.
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 Lindsay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED123/lindsay/topic/ancestry-heritage