20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lyra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lyra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An Irish and English heritage dominates the family history of Lyra, where 45.7% of people claim Irish ancestry. This strong European influence is a defining feature of the area's cultural roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Irish at 45.7% and English at 42.9%. Other significant groups include Australians (28.6%), Germans (17.1%), and Scots (11.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
One in five people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, at 20%, this is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national rate of 27.7%.
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 Lyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31711/lyra/topic/ancestry-heritage