10.4% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lismore · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lismore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Lismore, where 41.2% of people claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to its British and Irish heritage, while remaining overwhelmingly Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with 39.6% of people identifying as Australian, those with Irish (14.3%) and Scottish (12.1%) ancestry make up a large part of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with 81.8% of the population 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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14850/lismore/topic/ancestry-heritage