14.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forresters Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forresters Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Forresters Beach than in most similar areas, though the overall proportion remains low. While 14.4% of residents were born abroad, this is still far below the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Irish roots are common here, with English ancestry at 46.0% and Australian at 39.8%. Irish and Scottish ancestries follow at 15.8% and 11.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (81.5%), meaning the 14.4% born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Of those born abroad, the most common birthplaces are England (5.2%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Forresters Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11552/forresters-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage