Ethnic groups
- The most common ethnic group in Fairfield is European, compared with European for Dunedin City as a whole.
| Ethnic groups in Fairfield and Dunedin City |
2013 Census
|
| Ethnic group(1) |
| European |
94.3 |
88.3 |
| Māori |
5.4 |
7.7 |
| Pacific peoples |
0.4 |
2.5 |
| Asian |
2.4 |
6.2 |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American, African |
0.4 |
1.0 |
| Other ethnicity |
2.1 |
2.2 |
|
| Source: Statistics New Zealand |
Birthplace
- 9.8 percent of people in Fairfield were born overseas, compared with 18.1 percent for Dunedin City as a whole.
- For people born overseas who are now living in Fairfield, the most common birthplace was UK and Ireland, compared with UK and Ireland for people born overseas in all of Dunedin City.
Languages spoken
- After English, the next most common language spoken in Fairfield is te reo Māori, which was spoken by less than one percent of people. For Dunedin City as a whole, the most common language apart from English is French, spoken by 1.8 percent of people.
- New Zealand Sign Language is used by less than one percent of people in Fairfield, compared with less than one percent of people for all of Dunedin City.
- 94.2 percent of people in Fairfield speak only one language, compared with 86.7 percent of people for all of Dunedin City.
Note: All figures are for the census usually resident population count.
This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables and graphs. For areas with small populations, the data may not look as expected because of this rounding.