21.1% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fairfax · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fairfax
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About one in five people in Fairfax were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, with English roots claimed by 45.7% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.7%, followed by Australian at 34.9%, Irish at 12.7%, Scottish at 12.5%, and German at 6.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 21.1% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion rose by 1.5 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birth countries being Australia (74%), England (6%), and New Zealand (4.1%).
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 Fairfax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED309/fairfax/topic/ancestry-heritage