5.2% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Lagoon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very little has changed in the ancestral makeup of The Lagoon over the last decade. It remains a community with deep colonial roots, where nearly half the population identifies as Australian by descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47% and 41% of the area respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 13.8% and 12.3% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population, 86.6%, was born in Australia.
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 The Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13844/the-lagoon/topic/ancestry-heritage