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City of Boroondara

Ancestry

The three largest ancestries in the City of Boroondara in 2021 were English, Australian and Chinese.

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 Boroondara 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 Boroondara'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 Boroondara - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Not stated5,6352.54.28,2413.85.0-2,606
Total responses226,529----218,375----+8,154
Total people167,896----167,224----+672
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
City of Boroondara - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
English48,73029.025.649,49429.626.6-764
Australian40,21824.023.441,21624.624.0-998
Chinese30,51718.28.325,06015.07.9+5,457
Irish19,83911.88.321,15012.69.1-1,311
Scottish16,6749.97.116,6199.97.3+55
Italian10,8846.56.610,1196.16.7+765
Greek7,7714.63.57,6344.63.6+137
Indian5,6773.45.35,7783.54.4-101
German5,5203.32.95,5163.33.0+4
Vietnamese2,7871.72.42,4831.52.4+304
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

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

  • English (48,730 people or 29.0%)
  • Australian (40,218 people or 24.0%)
  • Chinese (30,517 people or 18.2%)
  • Irish (19,839 people or 11.8%)
  • Scottish (16,674 people or 9.9%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 155,978 responses in total, or 92.90% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Boroondara and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (18.2% compared to 8.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (11.8% compared to 8.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (29.0% compared to 25.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (9.9% compared to 7.1%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Chinese (+5,457 persons)
  • Irish (-1,311 persons)
  • Australian (-998 persons)
  • Italian (+765 persons)

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