6.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lochinvar · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Lochinvar, where nearly half of the residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few people moving here from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents identify as Australian, followed by English at 37.7%. Scottish, Irish, and German ancestries are also common, making up a smaller part of the local mix.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
6.5% ▼ -4.7%
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 Lochinvar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12377/lochinvar/topic/ancestry-heritage