9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lakewood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lakewood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.8% of people in Lakewood were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse than the rest of the state. Most residents claim English or Australian ancestry, reflecting a strong connection to these roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.6% and 42.3% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 13.9% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 83.7% of the population, followed by England at 3.5%.
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 Lakewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12268/lakewood/topic/ancestry-heritage