6.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rock Forest · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rock Forest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady patterns of heritage continues in Rock Forest, where the vast majority of people have deep roots in Australia and the British Isles. Only 6% of residents were born overseas, meaning the area is much less diverse in birthplaces than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Rock Forest identify as Australian (50.3%) or English (44.3%), followed by Irish and Scottish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people were born outside Australia, at just 6%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
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 Rock Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13392/rock-forest/topic/ancestry-heritage