4.9% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lachlan · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lachlan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller share of people were born overseas in Lachlan than in the rest of the state. Only 4.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here identify with traditional roots, with Australian and English ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 41.6%, followed by English at 33.5%, Irish at 9.5% and Scottish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is among the lowest for similar areas at 4.9%, though this rose 1.3 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 82.3% of residents born in Australia.
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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14600/lachlan/topic/ancestry-heritage