22.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forest Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forest Hill
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 Hill, where over a quarter of residents claim this background. The area is mostly made up of people born in Australia, though it has a larger proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 27.3% and 24.5% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also common, making up 8.4% and 5.6% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.4% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. While 77.6% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50513/forest-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage