5.3% ▼ -77.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darkes Forest · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darkes Forest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Darkes Forest were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of the country. Most residents identify with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the population identifies as Australian (54.7%) or English (53.7%). Other common ancestries include Irish at 9.5% and Scottish at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 5.3%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 88.4% of residents 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 Darkes Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11210/darkes-forest/topic/ancestry-heritage