9.1% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lethbridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lethbridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Lethbridge than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Irish or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.3% and 39.2% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage also feature strongly, at 13.6% and 11.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This means the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born people than most other areas.
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 Lethbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21496/lethbridge/topic/ancestry-heritage