14.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lake Bennett · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lake Bennett
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The makeup of Lake Bennett has remained steady over the last decade, continuing to be a place where English and Australian ancestries are most common. Most residents were born in Australia, though the area has a higher share of overseas-born people than most similar small localities.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 37.2%, followed by Australian at 21.7%. Other notable groups include Irish (7.0%), Scottish (4.7%) and German (3.9%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.7% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the Northern Territory figure of 21.8%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are New Zealand (5.4%) and England (2.3%).
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 Lake Bennett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70153/lake-bennett/topic/ancestry-heritage