11.2% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forster - Tuncurry · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forster - Tuncurry
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry for people in Forster - Tuncurry, where nearly 45% of residents claim these roots. This heritage is mirrored in the birthplaces of the population, which is overwhelmingly Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with English ancestry, 41.6% of people identify as Australian. Other common roots include Irish at 11.7% and Scottish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has risen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011, with most overseas-born residents coming from England.
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 Forster - Tuncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112008/forster-tuncurry/topic/ancestry-heritage