25.4% ▲ +177.6%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lee · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A little over a quarter of people in Lee were born overseas, which is slightly more than the state average. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, there is also a notable Italian presence in the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (32.6%) and Australian (27.9%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Italian at 13.4%, Scottish at 7.4%, and Irish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen sharply by 16 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.4%. This is a little above the South Australian figure but a little below the national average, with most residents born in Australia (70.7%) or England (4.1%).
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 Lee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40027/lee/topic/ancestry-heritage