7.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forest Grove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very high proportion of people in Forest Grove were born in Australia, creating a community with deep local roots. While ancestral ties to the UK and Ireland are common, the area is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (30.4%), Irish (14.8%), and Scottish (8.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (90.4%), with small numbers from England and South Africa.
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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11546/forest-grove/topic/ancestry-heritage