6.1% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forest Reefs · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forest Reefs
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Forest Reefs, shared by nearly half of the residents. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very low proportion of people from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify as English (48.2%) or Australian (44.5%), while those with Irish (13.2%) and Scottish (12.7%) roots are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (85.8%), followed by small numbers from England and 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 Forest Reefs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11550/forest-reefs/topic/ancestry-heritage