23.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockleys · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockleys
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Italian and Greek heritage are particularly strong in Lockleys, where 17.8% of people claim Italian and 9.1% claim Greek ancestry. This makes it a culturally distinct pocket of the West Torrens area. Most residents have roots in Europe or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 30.5% and 27.2%, followed by Italian, Greek, and Irish heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the national figure 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 Lockleys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40775/lockleys/topic/ancestry-heritage