20.5% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Loch Sport · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Loch Sport
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English roots are the most common in Loch Sport, where nearly half of all residents claim this ancestry. The area has a strong British and Irish heritage, though it is notably less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost 48% of people claim English ancestry, followed by Australian (29.7%), Irish (13.2%), and Scottish (11.5%) roots. German ancestry is also present for 5.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.5% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (71.3%), with England (7.1%) and New Zealand (1.9%) as the most common overseas 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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21524/loch-sport/topic/ancestry-heritage