5.5% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fernside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fernside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.5% of people in Fernside were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both at 41.8%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, accounting for 23.6% and 18.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 81.8% of residents were born in Australia. This means the proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Fernside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11513/fernside/topic/ancestry-heritage