10.3% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Failford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Failford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Failford, where nearly half the population claims these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 45.7% and 41.4% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (11.1%), Irish (8.7%), and German (3.9%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.4%), while the largest overseas groups are from England (4.0%) and New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Failford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11479/failford/topic/ancestry-heritage