12.5% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lakes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lakes Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Lakes Creek sits around the middle for similar areas in terms of its overseas-born population. While 80.3% of people were born in Australia, the community's roots are strongly tied to the UK and Europe, with Australian and English ancestries each accounting for about 40% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (40.0%) and English (39.8%). Scottish (10.3%), German (8.2%), and Irish (8.1%) roots also make up a significant part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are China (3.9%) and New Zealand (3.0%).
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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31624/lakes-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage