17.4% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lisarow · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lisarow
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Lisarow compared to the rest of the country. Only 17.4% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less internationally diverse than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 44.5% and 42.6% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also frequent, each making up about 11% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 80.7% of people were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 5.7% and New Zealand at 1.7%. Despite being higher than most similar areas, the overseas-born population is still far below the New South Wales average.
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 Lisarow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12352/lisarow/topic/ancestry-heritage