13.1% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lakelands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lakelands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have been seen in the roots of Lakelands residents since 2011, with the area remaining very traditional in its makeup. Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry, and the vast majority were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 43% and 41.4% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.6%), with smaller numbers arriving from England, New Zealand, India and China.
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 Lakelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12265/lakelands/topic/ancestry-heritage