65.5% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fairfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most common in Fairfield, where 11.2% of the population identifies with this heritage. The area is a major multicultural hub with a very high proportion of residents born overseas, making it far more diverse than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People of Vietnamese and Chinese descent are the largest groups, making up 11.2% and 10.2% of the population respectively. Those with Australian ancestry account for 6.9% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 65.5% of people in Fairfield were born overseas, which is far above the 27.7% national figure. This is reflected in the birthplace data, with 9.8% of residents born in Vietnam and 2.7% in China.
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/sal/SAL11480/fairfield/topic/ancestry-heritage