0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Lakes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in The Lakes than in the rest of the country. This is a predominantly Australian-born area, where the vast majority of residents share English, Australian, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry in the area is mostly Australian (75%), English (60%), and Scottish (25%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in the area was born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). This means 80% of the population was born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in The Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51443/the-lakes/topic/ancestry-heritage