9.9% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lismore · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lismore
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.9% of people in Lismore were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. Most residents trace their family roots back to the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.1% and 39.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 14.0% and 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, this group has grown by 4.7 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (83.4%), followed by England at 2.1%.
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 Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112012/lismore/topic/ancestry-heritage