56.0% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fairfield · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fairfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the population in Fairfield was born overseas, placing the area among the highest for overseas birthplaces across similar regions. This cultural diversity is reflected in a population where Vietnamese and Chinese ancestries are far more common than Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most common at 19.5%, followed by Chinese at 13.1%, while Australian and English ancestries each make up less than 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far more people here were born overseas than in the rest of the state, with 56% of residents born abroad compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011, with Vietnam being the most common birth country after Australia.
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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12850/fairfield/topic/ancestry-heritage