4.6% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Forbes · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Forbes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.6% of people in Forbes were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the town's population very high in its proportion of Australian-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, with 39.2% and 44.4% of the population claiming those roots. Irish (12.5%) and Scottish (8.4%) heritage also feature strongly.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The percentage of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011, remaining far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia, with only 1.0% born in England and 0.5% in India or New Zealand.
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114010/forbes/topic/ancestry-heritage