6.3% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Lockwood than in most similar areas. Only 6.3% of residents grew up outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area's population much more Australian-born than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 37.5%, Irish at 12.9%, and Scottish at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 87% of residents were born in Australia, a figure far below Victoria's 30% rate for those born overseas. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England at 1.4% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Lockwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21528/lockwood/topic/ancestry-heritage