3.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fawcett · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fawcett
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people in Fawcett were born overseas, with only 3.7% arriving from abroad. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. Most residents have deep roots in the area, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 52.4%, followed by Australian at 35.4% and Irish at 23.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost everyone here was born in Australia, accounting for 89% of the population. This birth rate is far below the national figure of 27.7% for overseas-born residents.
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 Fawcett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20908/fawcett/topic/ancestry-heritage