8.1% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lorn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lorn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few overseas-born residents shape the daily life of Lorn, where almost 90% of people were born in Australia. This creates a community with very low international diversity compared to the rest of the state, dominated largely by English and Australian ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up about 50% and 42% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots also feature prominently at 17.3% and 14.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (89.9%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.9%.
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 Lorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12398/lorn/topic/ancestry-heritage