6.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lidster · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Lidster, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with English and Australian ancestries forming the most common roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50.8%, followed by Australian at 38.9%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 18.9% and 13.6% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This is reflected in the fact that 85.4% of residents were born in Australia.
6.6% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Lidster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12328/lidster/topic/ancestry-heritage