11.5% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Fisher
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Fisher identify as having English ancestry. This strong British heritage shapes the local identity, with the majority of residents born here or tracing their roots back to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.2%, followed by Australian at 21.3% and Scottish at 16.4%. Irish and German backgrounds are also notable, each making up 11.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the state figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (67.2%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 9.8%.
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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40440/fisher/topic/ancestry-heritage