11.0% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Great Lakes · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Great Lakes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Great Lakes, where 44.4% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a very strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the dominant ancestries at 44.4% and 42.0% respectively, followed by Irish at 11.4% and Scottish at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 29.3%. This proportion rose slightly by 1.2 points since 2011, though 81.3% of residents were 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 Great Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10801/great-lakes/topic/ancestry-heritage