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The three largest ancestries in Fairfield East in 2021 were Vietnamese, Chinese and Australian.

Ancestry defines the cultural association and ethnic background of an individual going back three generations. Ancestry is a good measure of the total size of cultural groups in Fairfield East regardless of where they were born or what language they speak.

Ancestry data, should be combined with data on Birthplace, Language Spoken at Home and Religion for a more complete picture of Fairfield East's ethnic characteristics.

Please note that the "Australian Aboriginal" and "Torres Strait Islander" categories in this topic are not directly comparable from 2021 to previous years, due to a change in the wording of the question. In 2021, these options were marked boxes on the question rather than write-in options. The "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Origin" question is still considered a more reliable count for this group, and can be found on the Population summary page.

Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of ancestry groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS. For more information see notes on data confidentiality.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's ancestry?'

Multi-response

Ancestry - Totals
Fairfield East - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Mount Pritchard %Number%Mount Pritchard %2016 to 2021
Not stated55510.18.75259.66.6+29
Total responses5,488----5,494-----6
Total people5,207----5,339-----133
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Ancestry - Ranked by size
Fairfield East - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Mount Pritchard %Number%Mount Pritchard %2016 to 2021
Vietnamese1,23923.821.51,30224.419.5-64
Chinese62512.08.867612.78.6-51
Australian4929.412.64909.215.0+1
English4178.011.44127.713.6+5
Lebanese4077.84.84789.04.8-71
Iraqi2815.42.02334.41.2+48
Assyrian/Chaldean1763.42.11482.81.3+28
Burmese peoples1362.60.01442.70.0-8
Filipino941.81.8891.71.6+5
Arab not further described931.81.31282.40.8-35
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Fairfield East in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • Vietnamese (1,239 people or 23.8%)
  • Chinese (625 people or 12.0%)
  • Australian (492 people or 9.4%)
  • English (417 people or 8.0%)
  • Lebanese (407 people or 7.8%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 3,180 responses in total, or 61.07% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Fairfield East and Mount Pritchard were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Iraqi ancestry (5.4% compared to 2.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Serbian ancestry (0.8% compared to 5.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (8.0% compared to 11.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (1.5% compared to 4.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Lebanese (-71 persons)
  • Vietnamese (-64 persons)
  • Chinese (-51 persons)

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