Fairfield City
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Fairfield City in 2021 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
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| Fairfield City - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Wetherill Park % | Number | % | Wetherill Park % | 2001 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 17,376 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 13,032 | 6.9 | 4.5 | +4,344 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 232,094 | -- | -- | 187,713 | -- | -- | +44,381 | 37502 |
| Total people | 208,476 | -- | -- | 181,467 | -- | -- | +27,009 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2021. 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) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Wetherill Park % | Number | % | Wetherill Park % | 2001 to 2021 | |
 Vietnamese | 40,624 | 19.5 | 4.4 | 37123 | 23,683 | 13.1 | 2.7 | +16,941 |
| Chinese | 27,226 | 13.1 | 5.6 | 37024 | 25,004 | 13.8 | 5.2 | +2,222 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 24,920 | 12.0 | 17.1 | 37009 | 9,520 | 5.2 | 6.1 | +15,400 |
| Australian | 18,410 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 37010 | 21,575 | 11.9 | 13.8 | -3,165 |
| English | 14,950 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 37033 | 16,529 | 9.1 | 9.0 | -1,579 |
| Iraqi | 11,043 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 37049 | 1,860 | 1.0 | 1.2 | +9,183 |
| Italian | 10,644 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 37051 | 14,844 | 8.2 | 14.2 | -4,200 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 8,914 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 37055 | 5,415 | 3.0 | 1.0 | +3,499 |
| Lebanese | 5,847 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 37060 | 4,098 | 2.3 | 1.5 | +1,749 |
| Serbian | 4,193 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 37101 | 5,708 | 3.1 | 2.3 | -1,515 |
| Croatian | 3,527 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 37027 | 4,660 | 2.6 | 4.8 | -1,133 |
| Filipino | 3,421 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 37038 | 2,759 | 1.5 | 2.1 | +662 |
| Arab not further described | 3,333 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 37006 | 901 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +2,432 |
| Irish | 2,826 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 37050 | 4,828 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -2,002 |
| Maltese | 2,556 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 37064 | 3,798 | 2.1 | 5.1 | -1,242 |
| Lao | 2,428 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 37058 | 2,199 | 1.2 | 0.3 | +229 |
| Samoan | 2,382 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 37099 | 1,050 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +1,332 |
| Syrian | 2,301 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 37113 | 469 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +1,832 |
| Spanish | 2,157 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 37109 | 3,870 | 2.1 | 4.3 | -1,713 |
| Scottish | 2,136 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 37100 | 1,252 | 0.7 | 1.0 | +884 |
| Indian | 1,717 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 37046 | 1,824 | 1.0 | 2.0 | -107 |
| Inadequately Described | 1,617 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 37045 | 1,100 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +517 |
| German | 1,610 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 37041 | 2,439 | 1.3 | 1.3 | -829 |
| Chilean | 1,557 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 37023 | 1,899 | 1.0 | 1.9 | -342 |
| Macedonian | 1,555 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 37062 | 1,981 | 1.1 | 2.6 | -426 |
| Greek | 1,523 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 37042 | 2,114 | 1.2 | 2.1 | -591 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 1,476 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37011 | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1,369 |
| Thai | 1,476 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 37116 | 494 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +982 |
| Tongan | 1,434 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 37118 | 609 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +825 |
| Turkish | 1,402 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 37120 | 1,551 | 0.9 | 2.4 | -149 |
| Armenian | 1,263 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 37008 | 859 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +404 |
| Fijian | 1,174 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37037 | 465 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +709 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 1,107 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 37079 | 265 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +842 |
| Polish | 1,011 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 37093 | 1,841 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -830 |
| Iranian | 864 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37048 | 418 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +446 |
| Russian | 850 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37097 | 1,169 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -319 |
| Maori | 737 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37065 | 616 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +121 |
| Uruguayan | 687 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 37122 | 867 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -180 |
| Other South American | 638 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37085 | 1,059 | 0.6 | 1.3 | -421 |
| Bosnian | 619 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37016 | 512 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +107 |
| Egyptian | 573 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 37032 | 485 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +88 |
| Portuguese | 532 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37094 | 525 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +7 |
| Timorese | 471 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37117 | 464 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +7 |
| Burmese peoples | 466 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37019 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +403 |
| New Zealander | 457 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37070 | 412 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +45 |
| Indonesian | 437 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37047 | 196 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +241 |
| French | 423 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37040 | 430 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -7 |
| Palestinian | 423 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 37090 | 399 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +24 |
| Argentinian | 419 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37007 | 612 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -193 |
| Peruvian | 404 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37092 | 344 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +60 |
| Jordanian | 402 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37054 | 415 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -13 |
| Pakistani | 392 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37089 | 148 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +244 |
| Afghan | 382 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37001 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +324 |
| Hazara | 337 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 377208 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hungarian | 307 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37044 | 552 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -245 |
| Dutch | 285 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37031 | 594 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -309 |
| Salvadoran | 281 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37098 | 287 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Ukrainian | 266 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37121 | 554 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -288 |
| Cypriot | 258 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37028 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Central and West African (other) | 249 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 370132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cook Islander | 247 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37026 | 76 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +171 |
| Kurdish | 247 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37057 | 137 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +110 |
| Mauritian | 243 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37066 | 303 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -60 |
| Other Polynesian | 233 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37084 | 69 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +164 |
| Slovene | 231 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 358 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -127 |
| Other North American | 222 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37080 | 111 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +111 |
| Korean | 220 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37056 | 127 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +93 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 208 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37078 | 105 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +103 |
| Malay | 202 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37063 | 86 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +116 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 199 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37119 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +196 |
| Other Arab peoples | 188 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37073 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +152 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 186 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 370131 | 245 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -59 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 166 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37083 | 119 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +47 |
| Sudanese | 157 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37110 | 114 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +43 |
| Austrian | 150 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37013 | 321 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -171 |
| Nepalese | 144 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37069 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +136 |
| Welsh | 133 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37124 | 167 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -34 |
| Other Central Asian | 129 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37076 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +102 |
| Colombian | 127 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37025 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Japanese | 126 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37052 | 61 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +65 |
| Romanian | 110 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37096 | 121 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -11 |
| American | 104 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37004 | 107 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 103 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 370130 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +81 |
| Czech | 94 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37029 | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -31 |
| Hmong | 90 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37043 | 88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2 |
| South African | 88 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37108 | 91 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -3 |
| Punjabi | 88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37095 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +85 |
| Other Central American | 79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37075 | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -39 |
| Tamil | 75 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37115 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +56 |
| Albanian | 75 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37003 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Danish | 74 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37030 | 99 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -25 |
| South Sudanese | 73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 374305 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Taiwanese | 72 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37114 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +57 |
| Nigerian | 69 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379104 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Eastern European | 64 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37077 | 102 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -38 |
| Slovak | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37105 | 105 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -46 |
| Other Southern and East African | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37087 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Congolese | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379113 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Southern/South East European | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37088 | 177 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -123 |
| Finnish | 54 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37039 | 93 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -39 |
| Brazilian | 52 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37017 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Somali | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37107 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +40 |
| Sikh | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kenyan | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379205 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Swedish | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37111 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Other South-East Asian | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -16 |
| Latvian | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37059 | 92 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -50 |
| Swiss | 41 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37112 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Singaporean | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Norwegian | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37071 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Canadian | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37020 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -15 |
| Mexican | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37067 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Caribbean Islander | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37021 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Ethiopian | 29 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37036 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Other Northern Asian | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37082 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Other British | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37074 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Bulgarian | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37018 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Lithuanian | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37061 | 76 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -53 |
| Anglo-Indian | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37005 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -30 |
| Other North-Western European | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 115 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -95 |
| Jewish | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37053 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Native American | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 378106 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Estonian | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37035 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -22 |
| Zimbabwean | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37125 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Belgian | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37014 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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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 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Vietnamese (40,624 people or 19.5%)
- Chinese (27,226 people or 13.1%)
- Assyrian/Chaldean (24,920 people or 12.0%)
- Australian (18,410 people or 8.8%)
- English (14,950 people or 7.2%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 126,130 responses in total, or 60.50% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Fairfield City and Wetherill Park were:
- A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (19.5% compared to 4.4%)
- A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (13.1% compared to 5.6%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Assyrian/Chaldean ancestry (12.0% compared to 17.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (5.1% compared to 9.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2001 and 2021 were:
- Vietnamese (+16,941 persons)
- Assyrian/Chaldean (+15,400 persons)
- Iraqi (+9,183 persons)
- Italian (-4,200 persons)