7.1% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fawcetts Plain · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fawcetts Plain
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 Fawcetts Plain, where 48.4% of people claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 7.1% of the population born overseas. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the residents identify as English or Australian. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (16.8%) and Irish (15.5%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (92.3%), followed by New Zealand and England.
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 Fawcetts Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11501/fawcetts-plain/topic/ancestry-heritage