16.4% ▲ +85.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lorne · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lorne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Lorne compared to the rest of the country. While 16.4% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here identify with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.4%, followed by Australian (26.9%), Irish (17.1%), and Scottish (15.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population rose 7.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.4%, which remains much higher than most similar areas. Most residents were born in Australia (73.7%), with England (3.0%) and New Zealand (2.2%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Lorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215049/lorne/topic/ancestry-heritage