13.4% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lakesland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lakesland
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 Lakesland, where 37.9% of residents claim this background. Most people here were born in Australia, making it a community with far fewer overseas-born residents than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 37.9% and 35.9% of the population. Other notable backgrounds include Irish at 7.6% and Scottish at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and Australian averages. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (77.0%), followed by England at 4.2%.
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 Lakesland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12267/lakesland/topic/ancestry-heritage