42.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forest Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forest Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Forest Hill, where 26.6% of people claim this heritage. This influence is reflected in the birthplace data, as the area has a much higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestries are Chinese at 26.6%, English at 22.4%, and Australian at 21.5%, followed by Irish and Scottish heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than four in ten people here were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian figure of 30.0%. This figure has risen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011, with China being the most common overseas birthplace at 11.2%.
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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211041269/forest-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage