10.5% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lithgow · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lithgow
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted English and Australian heritage shapes the identity of Lithgow, where the vast majority of people share these ancestral links. Only 10.5% of residents were born overseas, making it a community with far fewer international arrivals than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for around 40% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, with 11.5% and 11.3% of people claiming these backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While this proportion rose 1.5 percentage points since 2011, 82.2% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1019/lithgow/topic/ancestry-heritage