14.1% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laidley Heights · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Laidley Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp 8.7 percentage point drop in overseas-born residents marks the recent trend for Laidley Heights. Most people here have deep roots in the UK and Ireland, with English and Australian ancestries each claiming about 40% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish (13.1%), German (12.5%) and Scottish (11.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is 14.1%, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.2%), with England (4.2%) and New Zealand (2.5%) being 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 Laidley Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321065/laidley-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage