10.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fernbank Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fernbank Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Fernbank Creek compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.7% of the population was born abroad, which is 19 percentage points below the New South Wales figure. This makes the area much more Australian-born than typical regions across the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.2% and 33.6% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 13.9% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 81.1% of the population. For those born overseas, the most common birthplaces are the Philippines at 4.1% and England at 3.3%.
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 Fernbank Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11508/fernbank-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage