6.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Albert · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Albert
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A huge 90.4% of people in Lake Albert were born in Australia. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of the state and the nation, with very few residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Local roots are predominantly British and Irish, with 44.2% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 43.5% English. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, making up 14.7% and 12.9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 1.6%.
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 Lake Albert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12246/lake-albert/topic/ancestry-heritage