37.5% ▲ +274.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lane Cove · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lane Cove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds define daily life in Lane Cove, where over a third of the population was born overseas. This international character is reflected in the own-identity and ancestral roots of residents, with Chinese and English backgrounds being particularly prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, followed by Chinese at 14.4%, Irish at 10.7%, and Scottish at 7.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 37.5% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This has risen sharply by 27 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia, China, England, India and New Zealand.
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 Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10044/lane-cove/topic/ancestry-heritage