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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idThe three largest ancestries in the City of Ballarat in 2021 were English, Australian and Irish.
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 the City of Ballarat 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 the City of Ballarat'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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ballarat - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Mount Clear - Mount Helen % | Number | % | Mount Clear - Mount Helen % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Not stated | 6,129 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 6,833 | 5.1 | 4.9 | -704 |
| Total responses | 155,937 | -- | -- | 133,747 | -- | -- | +22,190 |
| Total people | 113,767 | -- | -- | 101,689 | -- | -- | +12,078 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in City of Ballarat in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (47,549 people or 41.8%)
- Australian (44,841 people or 39.4%)
- Irish (17,203 people or 15.1%)
- Scottish (14,302 people or 12.6%)
- German (4,963 people or 4.4%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 128,858 responses in total, or 113.26% of all responses.
There were no major differences between City of Ballarat and Mount Clear - Mount Helen in 2021.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- English (+5,092 persons)
- Australian (+4,560 persons)
- Scottish (+1,871 persons)
- Australian Aboriginal (+1,825 persons)
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