16.0% ▲ +67.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Ancestry and birthplace patterns in Forth have remained relatively stable over the last decade. Most residents here claim English or Australian roots, while the proportion of people born overseas is higher than in most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.6%, followed by Australian at 39.8%. Other notable groups include Scottish (11.8%), Irish (10.7%), and German (3.9%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16% of people in Forth were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60211/forth/topic/ancestry-heritage