9.4% ▼ -53.6%
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lyne · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lyne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Lyne compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 20 percentage points lower than the New South Wales figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.5% and 43.4% of the population. Other frequent ancestries include Irish at 11.4% and Scottish at 11.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas has fallen 11 percentage points since 2011, reaching a low of 9.4%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.9%), followed by England at 3.3% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Lyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED124/lyne/topic/ancestry-heritage