10.6% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lancefield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lancefield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small number of overseas-born residents puts Lancefield around the middle of similar areas. The community is predominantly of British and Irish descent, with 44.3% of people claiming Australian ancestry and 40.4% claiming English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with English, Irish, or Scottish heritage, while Italian ancestry is listed by 4.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. Most people were born in Australia (83.5%), followed by England at 3.5%.
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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21456/lancefield/topic/ancestry-heritage