7.6% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lawrence · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lawrence
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 7.6% of people in Lawrence were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a community with very deep local roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 45.9% or English ancestry at 44.5%. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (13.5%) and Irish (12.0%) roots.
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% and the Australian average of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 84.1% of the population, followed by England at 3% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Lawrence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12297/lawrence/topic/ancestry-heritage