11.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lachlan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lachlan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian is the most common ancestry in Lachlan, where nearly half the population claims this heritage. This background, along with English roots, forms the core of the local identity in an area where very few people were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents identify as Australian (47%), followed closely by English ancestry at 43.3%. Other common backgrounds include Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and well below Tasmania's 15.4%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.6%), with England being the most frequent overseas birthplace at 6%.
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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60310/lachlan/topic/ancestry-heritage