22.0% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Much higher proportions of overseas-born residents live in Lockyer than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is of English or Australian descent, about 22% of the population was born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43.7%) and Australian (36.3%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Filipino backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 22% of people born overseas is far below the Western Australia figure of 32.2% and well below the national 27.7%. Those born outside Australia most commonly come from England (6.4%) and the Philippines (5.5%).
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/SAL50858/lockyer/topic/ancestry-heritage