5.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Boga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Boga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of birthplaces and roots has shaped Lake Boga, where the vast majority of people are born in Australia. Most residents claim an Australian or English background, and the proportion of people born overseas remains very low compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People in Lake Boga most commonly identify as Australian (43.3%) or English (42.0%). Scottish, Irish, and Italian ancestries are also common, making up between 6% and 11% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% figure for Victoria and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority of the community was born in Australia, at 84.0%.
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 Lake Boga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21427/lake-boga/topic/ancestry-heritage