32.4% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lockridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lockridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 32% of people in Lockridge were born overseas, making this one of the most diverse areas in the region. This high level of international migration means nearly a third of the population grew up outside Australia, a figure well above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 31.9% and 25.6% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent at 7.4% and 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is 32.4%, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure but well above the 27.7% seen across Australia. While 60.7% were born here, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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 Lockridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50857/lockridge/topic/ancestry-heritage