13.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lowther · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lowther
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the family histories of Lowther, where 76.8% of people claim one of these two ancestries. This creates a community with deep ties to traditional colonial heritage, reflected in a birthplace profile that is far less diverse than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 39.1% and Australian at 37.7%. Other significant family roots include Irish (18.8%), Scottish (11.6%), and German (7.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.0% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and the 27.7% national average. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 66.7% of the population.
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 Lowther [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12424/lowther/topic/ancestry-heritage