25.0% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lamb Island · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lamb Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A quarter of the people living on Lamb Island were born overseas, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This international mix has grown significantly over the last decade, with a strong presence of people tracing their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.2%, followed by Australian (28.0%), Scottish (16.5%), and Irish (15.7%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents rose 9.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.0%. While this is a little above the Queensland figure of 22.7%, it sits a little below the Australian rate of 27.7%.
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 Lamb Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321066/lamb-island/topic/ancestry-heritage