5.6% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lamington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Lamington compared to most other areas, with only 5.6% of the population arriving from abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in origin than the rest of the state and country. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 30.3%, Scottish at 18%, and Irish at 14.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland rate of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 77.5% of people 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 Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31628/lamington/topic/ancestry-heritage