6.4% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockwood South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockwood South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in Australian and British heritage shape the daily life of Lockwood South, where 86.2% of residents were born in Australia. The community is far less diverse in its birthplace than the rest of the state, with very few people born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area identify as Australian (51%) or English (42.3%), while others claim Irish, Scottish, or German descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, China, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21529/lockwood-south/topic/ancestry-heritage