19.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forbes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forbes Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Forbes Creek compared to the rest of the state. While 19.4% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%. The area remains predominantly Australian-born, with strong ties to English and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.2% and 41.9% of the population. German heritage is also present at 9.7%, followed by Irish and Dutch at 8.1% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly one in five people here were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 75.8% of residents born in Australia and 4.8% from New Zealand.
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 Forbes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11540/forbes-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage