8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laughtondale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Laughtondale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Laughtondale compared to most similar areas. Only 8.8% of the population was born abroad, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This results in a community with very strong ties to British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 48% or English ancestry at 45.1%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (10.8%), German (3.9%) and Italian (2.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. About 77.5% of people were born in Australia, while New Zealand is the next most common birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Laughtondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12290/laughtondale/topic/ancestry-heritage