19.8% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forrest · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forrest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Forrest, where 46.2% of residents claim this background. The area has a strong British and Australian heritage, though the proportion of people born overseas has dropped significantly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 46.2% and 38.5% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (10.1%) and Irish (9.8%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 19.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below Western Australia's 32.2% and well below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen 11 points since 2011, with 74.2% of residents now 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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED507/forrest/topic/ancestry-heritage