Fairfield City
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Fairfield City in 2016 were Vietnamese, Chinese and Assyrian/Chaldean.
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 City 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 City'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's ancestry?'
Multi-response
Total population
| Ancestry - Totals | ||||||||
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| Fairfield City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 10,992 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 13,975 | 7.0 | 5.9 | -2,983 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 224,956 | -- | -- | 199,071 | -- | -- | +25,885 | 37502 |
| Total people | 198,816 | -- | -- | 187,768 | -- | -- | +11,048 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Fairfield City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Vietnamese | 39,581 | 19.9 | 2.2 | 37123 | 31,188 | 16.6 | 1.8 | +8,393 |
| Chinese | 26,951 | 13.6 | 10.1 | 37024 | 24,984 | 13.3 | 8.2 | +1,967 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 19,873 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 37009 | 14,592 | 7.8 | 0.5 | +5,281 |
| Australian | 18,326 | 9.2 | 23.5 | 37010 | 18,317 | 9.8 | 25.7 | +9 |
| English | 16,255 | 8.2 | 25.3 | 37033 | 15,747 | 8.4 | 25.8 | +508 |
| Italian | 11,914 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 37051 | 12,677 | 6.8 | 4.2 | -763 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 8,510 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 37055 | 7,020 | 3.7 | 0.3 | +1,490 |
| Iraqi | 7,821 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 37049 | 5,051 | 2.7 | 0.3 | +2,770 |
| Lebanese | 6,107 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 37060 | 5,457 | 2.9 | 3.2 | +650 |
| Serbian | 4,372 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 37101 | 4,707 | 2.5 | 0.6 | -335 |
| Croatian | 3,677 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 37027 | 3,957 | 2.1 | 0.8 | -280 |
| Irish | 3,530 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 37050 | 3,561 | 1.9 | 8.3 | -31 |
| Filipino | 3,217 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 37038 | 3,007 | 1.6 | 1.9 | +210 |
| Spanish | 3,030 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 37109 | 3,080 | 1.6 | 0.7 | -50 |
| Maltese | 2,879 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 37064 | 3,177 | 1.7 | 1.2 | -298 |
| Scottish | 2,722 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 37100 | 2,555 | 1.4 | 6.3 | +167 |
| Samoan | 2,620 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 37099 | 1,663 | 0.9 | 0.4 | +957 |
| Lao | 2,472 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 37058 | 2,219 | 1.2 | 0.1 | +253 |
| Arab not further described | 2,157 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 37006 | 1,681 | 0.9 | 0.3 | +476 |
| Indian | 2,025 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 37046 | 1,766 | 0.9 | 2.9 | +259 |
| German | 1,992 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 37041 | 1,849 | 1.0 | 2.5 | +143 |
| Chilean | 1,797 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 37023 | 1,861 | 1.0 | 0.3 | -64 |
| Greek | 1,686 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 37042 | 1,680 | 0.9 | 2.6 | +6 |
| Macedonian | 1,595 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 37062 | 1,703 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -108 |
| Tongan | 1,376 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 37118 | 987 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +389 |
| Turkish | 1,373 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 37120 | 1,353 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +20 |
| Thai | 1,250 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37116 | 797 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +453 |
| Polish | 1,191 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 37093 | 1,368 | 0.7 | 0.8 | -177 |
| Fijian | 1,136 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37037 | 1,019 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +117 |
| Syrian | 1,120 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 37113 | 686 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +434 |
| Inadequately Described | 1,074 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 37045 | 657 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +417 |
| Armenian | 1,071 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37008 | 936 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +135 |
| Iranian | 1,069 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37048 | 604 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +465 |
| Russian | 1,004 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37097 | 940 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +64 |
| Maori | 879 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37065 | 930 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -51 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 762 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37079 | 608 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +154 |
| Other South American | 750 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37085 | 891 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -141 |
| Uruguayan | 736 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 37122 | 894 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -158 |
| Bosnian | 623 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37016 | 541 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +82 |
| Burmese peoples | 605 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37019 | 379 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +226 |
| Portuguese | 574 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37094 | 507 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +67 |
| Egyptian | 555 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37032 | 452 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +103 |
| New Zealander | 504 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 37070 | 406 | 0.2 | 0.8 | +98 |
| Argentinian | 497 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37007 | 538 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -41 |
| French | 493 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 37040 | 392 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +101 |
| Timorese | 471 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37117 | 428 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +43 |
| Peruvian | 455 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37092 | 409 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +46 |
| Palestinian | 453 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37090 | 366 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +87 |
| Central and West African | 445 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37022 | 193 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +252 |
| Jordanian | 398 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37054 | 439 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -41 |
| Hungarian | 387 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37044 | 434 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -47 |
| Pakistani | 386 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 37089 | 216 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +170 |
| Indonesian | 381 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 37047 | 308 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +73 |
| Dutch | 363 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 37031 | 450 | 0.2 | 1.0 | -87 |
| Afghan | 350 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37001 | 217 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +133 |
| Ukrainian | 329 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37121 | 365 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -36 |
| Kurdish | 291 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37057 | 201 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +90 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 286 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37083 | 246 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +40 |
| Cook Islander | 277 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37026 | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +141 |
| Slovene | 270 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 302 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -32 |
| Salvadoran | 263 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37098 | 266 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -3 |
| Mauritian | 252 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37066 | 288 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -36 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 237 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37011 | 214 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +23 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 217 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 370131 | 207 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +10 |
| Sudanese | 215 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37110 | 217 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Austrian | 203 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37013 | 276 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -73 |
| Cypriot | 197 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37028 | 195 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +2 |
| Malay | 179 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37063 | 79 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +100 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 179 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37078 | 152 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +27 |
| Other Polynesian | 177 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37084 | 119 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +58 |
| Other North American | 175 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 184 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -9 |
| Korean | 170 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 37056 | 138 | 0.1 | 1.1 | +32 |
| Welsh | 169 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 37124 | 174 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -5 |
| Other Central Asian | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37076 | 169 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -11 |
| Romanian | 145 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37096 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +28 |
| Japanese | 139 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37052 | 97 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +42 |
| Other Central American | 131 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37075 | 80 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +51 |
| Other Arab peoples | 124 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37073 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +72 |
| American | 109 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37004 | 98 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +11 |
| Czech | 102 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37029 | 114 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -12 |
| Hmong | 102 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37043 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +39 |
| Colombian | 95 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37025 | 120 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -25 |
| Nepalese | 94 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 37069 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.4 | +66 |
| Other Southern and East African | 94 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37087 | 132 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -38 |
| South African | 90 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 37108 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -27 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 83 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 370130 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.4 | +33 |
| South Sudanese | 77 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 374305 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +39 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 77 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37088 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Danish | 72 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37030 | 89 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -17 |
| Slovak | 69 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37105 | 80 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -11 |
| Swedish | 68 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37111 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +33 |
| Tamil | 66 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37115 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +36 |
| Albanian | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37003 | 75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -10 |
| Finnish | 65 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37039 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Brazilian | 60 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37017 | 46 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Swiss | 57 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37112 | 57 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Other Eastern European | 55 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37077 | 88 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -33 |
| Taiwanese | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37114 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +39 |
| Latvian | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37059 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Other South-East Asian | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Australian South Sea Islander | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37012 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +24 |
| Zimbabwean | 44 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37125 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -4 |
| Punjabi | 43 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37095 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +22 |
| Other British | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37074 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Canadian | 39 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37020 | 65 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -26 |
| Norwegian | 38 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37071 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Caribbean Islander | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37021 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Lithuanian | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37061 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -11 |
| Mexican | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37067 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +17 |
| Other Northern Asian | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37082 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +19 |
| Anglo-Indian | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37005 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -11 |
| Ethiopian | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37036 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Jewish | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37053 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +20 |
| Native American (Indian) | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37068 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Belgian | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37014 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -5 |
| Somali | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37107 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -9 |
| Other Sudanese peoples | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 370129 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -11 |
| Singaporean | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -4 |
| Other North-Western European | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Bulgarian | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37018 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -7 |
| Estonian | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37035 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Eritrean | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37034 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Seychellois | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37102 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Fairfield City in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Vietnamese (39,581 people or 19.9%)
- Chinese (26,951 people or 13.6%)
- Assyrian/Chaldean (19,873 people or 10.0%)
- Australian (18,326 people or 9.2%)
- English (16,255 people or 8.2%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 120,986 responses in total, or 60.85% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Fairfield City and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (19.9% compared to 2.2%)
- A larger percentage of people with Assyrian/Chaldean ancestry (10.0% compared to 0.6%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (8.2% compared to 25.3%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (9.2% compared to 23.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Vietnamese (+8,393 persons)
- Assyrian/Chaldean (+5,281 persons)
- Iraqi (+2,770 persons)
- Chinese (+1,967 persons)