9.9% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lismore · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lismore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Lismore, with this group rising by 1.7 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the area remains far less diverse than the state or national average, with the vast majority of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.1% and 39.9% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German roots follow as the next most frequent ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of people in Lismore were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (83.5%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1018/lismore/topic/ancestry-heritage