9.4% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lithgow Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lithgow Surrounds
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the birthplace of residents in Lithgow Surrounds since 2011, with the share of overseas-born people remaining very low. This is a predominantly Australian-born area, where 82% of people were born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.1% and 40.8% of the population respectively. Other common heritages include Irish at 12.5% and Scottish at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people 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 barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 8.9%.
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 Lithgow Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103031071/lithgow-surrounds/topic/ancestry-heritage