13.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lakes Entrance · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lakes Entrance
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots for people in Lakes Entrance, with both making up nearly 40% of the population. This reflects a community with deep ties to these backgrounds, while very few residents were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (39.6%) and Australian (39.0%) ancestries lead the group, followed by Scottish (10.7%), Irish (9.9%) and Italian (4.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most people were born in Australia (75.7%), with England (4.0%) and New Zealand (1.1%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Lakes Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21449/lakes-entrance/topic/ancestry-heritage