10.7% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Cathie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Cathie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Lake Cathie compared to the rest of the state. While 29.3% of New South Wales residents were born abroad, only 10.7% of people in Lake Cathie were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 45.9% and Australian at 45.7%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.4%). This is much lower than the national figure of 27.7% for overseas-born residents, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 4.4%.
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 Cathie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12251/lake-cathie/topic/ancestry-heritage