9.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockyer · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockyer
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Lockyer compared to the rest of the country. Most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles, with Australian, English, and Scottish ancestry making up the vast majority of the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 44.9%, followed by English at 29.2% and Scottish at 10.1%. German and Irish ancestry also feature, at 7.9% and 3.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This means the area is much less diverse in birthplace than most other areas, with 86.5% of residents 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 Lockyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31675/lockyer/topic/ancestry-heritage