11.7% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Loftus · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Loftus
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few changes have occurred in the roots of the people living in Loftus since 2011. The area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, with 86.2% of residents born here, and a strong traditional connection to English and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, at 43.6% and 44.7% respectively, followed by Irish at 15.9% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Loftus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12380/loftus/topic/ancestry-heritage