39.0% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lane Cove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lane Cove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A multicultural mix of backgrounds defines daily life in Lane Cove, where nearly 4 in 10 residents were born overseas. This is far above the national figure, creating a community with deep ties to both Australia and the rest of the world.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 29.1% and Australian at 24.4%, followed by Chinese at 14.0%, Irish at 11.6% and Scottish at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 39.0%, the proportion of people born overseas is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure. While 58.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (5.6%), England (4.9%), India (2.7%) and New Zealand (1.9%).
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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12275/lane-cove/topic/ancestry-heritage