13.4% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Long Forest · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Long Forest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Long Forest claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. Most residents were born in Australia, with only a small minority arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 47.8% and 43.7% of the population respectively. Irish heritage is also common at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (85.7%), followed by England at 4.7%.
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 Long Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21533/long-forest/topic/ancestry-heritage