30.4% ▲ +70.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lonsdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lonsdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 30% of people in Lonsdale were born overseas, a figure well above the state and national averages. This makes the area much more diverse in its birthplaces than most other similar places. The community is a mix of Australian-born residents and those from across the globe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, with 56.5% and 39.1% of residents claiming those roots. Scottish and German ancestries are also present at 13% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up 30.4% of the population, which is 6.4 percentage points higher than the South Australian figure. This high proportion is largely driven by people born in South Africa, who account for 21.7% of the population.
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 Lonsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40779/lonsdale/topic/ancestry-heritage