41.4% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forest Lodge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forest Lodge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Forest Lodge than in the rest of the country. Now, 41.4% of residents were born abroad, which is much higher than the national figure of 27.7%. This shift creates a diverse community where nearly half the population has international roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 31.4%, followed by Australian at 22.3%. Chinese (14.6%), Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (10.0%) ancestries are also prominent here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 41.4% of residents born overseas is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While 55.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (7.0%) and England (5.9%).
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 Lodge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11549/forest-lodge/topic/ancestry-heritage