11.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Fairy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mount Fairy than across the state or nation. Only 11.9% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This reflects a community with very deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (46.7%) or Australian (45.1%) ancestry, followed by Irish (16.4%) and Scottish (15.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (3.7%), China (1.2%) and New Zealand (1.2%).
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 Mount Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12769/mount-fairy/topic/ancestry-heritage