0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Cowal · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone living in Lake Cowal was born in Australia. This is a remarkably uniform community where 88.4% of people were born here, making it far less diverse than the state and national averages.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, while Irish and German roots are also common at 11.6% each. English and Scottish ancestry both account for 7.0% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in the area was born overseas, which is far below the 29.3% figure for New South Wales and the 27.7% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Cowal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12253/lake-cowal/topic/ancestry-heritage