14.1% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockyer Valley · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockyer Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its overseas population, Lockyer Valley has 14.1% of its people born in another country. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below the Queensland average. The area is predominantly Australian and English in its heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 39.4% and 38.7% of the population respectively. German (12.9%), Irish (10.4%), and Scottish (9.4%) are also common roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Australian average of 27.7%. While this figure rose 1.8 percentage points since 2011, the vast majority of people are born in Australia (79.4%), followed by England (2.7%) and New Zealand (2.2%).
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 Lockyer Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34580/lockyer-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage