3.6% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lurg · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lurg
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Lurg than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half the population claims Australian ancestry, while English, Scottish, and Irish heritage are also common. Italian ancestry is shared by 6.8% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. This is much lower than most areas, with 87.7% of the population born in Australia.
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 Lurg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21553/lurg/topic/ancestry-heritage