8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forrest Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forrest Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small share of people born overseas live in Forrest Beach, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. While 97.1% of residents were born in Australia, those with overseas roots primarily trace their origins to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 64.7% or English ancestry at 58.8%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots, both at 20.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure 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 Forrest Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50515/forrest-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage