St Albans (South)
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in St Albans (South) in 2021 were Vietnamese, Chinese and Australian.
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 St Albans (South) 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 St Albans (South)'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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| St Albans (South) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Harvester Ward % | Number | % | Harvester Ward % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 2,286 | 12.8 | 7.6 | 1,940 | 12.1 | 9.6 | +346 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 17,849 | -- | -- | 15,972 | -- | -- | +1,877 | 37502 |
| Total people | 17,465 | -- | -- | 16,209 | -- | -- | +1,256 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| St Albans (South) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Harvester Ward % | Number | % | Harvester Ward % | 2011 to 2021 | |
 Vietnamese | 5,155 | 29.5 | 20.1 | 37123 | 3,683 | 22.7 | 16.7 | +1,472 |
| Chinese | 1,609 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 37024 | 1,468 | 9.1 | 7.3 | +141 |
| Australian | 1,303 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 37010 | 1,146 | 7.1 | 12.6 | +157 |
| English | 1,143 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 37033 | 1,161 | 7.2 | 11.7 | -18 |
| Filipino | 773 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 37038 | 658 | 4.1 | 3.4 | +115 |
| Maltese | 656 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 37064 | 935 | 5.8 | 5.8 | -279 |
| Indian | 634 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 37046 | 830 | 5.1 | 4.3 | -196 |
| Croatian | 409 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 37027 | 574 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -165 |
| Greek | 382 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 37042 | 492 | 3.0 | 3.8 | -110 |
| Macedonian | 329 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 37062 | 446 | 2.8 | 1.9 | -117 |
| Punjabi | 312 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 37095 | 77 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +235 |
| Italian | 297 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 37051 | 367 | 2.3 | 4.4 | -70 |
| Samoan | 267 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 37099 | 62 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +205 |
| Nepalese | 232 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 37069 | 33 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +199 |
| Serbian | 230 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 37101 | 283 | 1.7 | 0.8 | -53 |
| Inadequately Described | 206 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 37045 | 82 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +124 |
| Irish | 203 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 37050 | 249 | 1.5 | 3.5 | -46 |
| Pakistani | 202 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 37089 | 79 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +123 |
| Polish | 171 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 37093 | 270 | 1.7 | 1.8 | -99 |
| Burmese peoples | 170 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 37019 | 25 | 0.2 | 1.0 | +145 |
| German | 160 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 37041 | 202 | 1.2 | 1.6 | -42 |
| Scottish | 142 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 37100 | 204 | 1.3 | 2.7 | -62 |
| Sikh | 135 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Turkish | 126 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 37120 | 140 | 0.9 | 1.3 | -14 |
| Bosnian | 123 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 37016 | 125 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -2 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 120 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 37078 | 102 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +18 |
| Lebanese | 101 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 37060 | 137 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -36 |
| Spanish | 86 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 37109 | 103 | 0.6 | 0.8 | -17 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 81 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 370131 | 86 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -5 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 67 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37011 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +61 |
| Albanian | 65 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37003 | 83 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -18 |
| Tamil | 64 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37115 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +55 |
| Iraqi | 63 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 37049 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +56 |
| Tongan | 63 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37118 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +19 |
| Salvadoran | 59 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37098 | 63 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -4 |
| Somali | 58 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37107 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +31 |
| Thai | 57 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37116 | 39 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +18 |
| South Sudanese | 57 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 374305 | 59 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Ethiopian | 56 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 37036 | 42 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +14 |
| Dutch | 52 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37031 | 52 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 |
| New Zealander | 52 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37070 | 32 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +20 |
| Lao | 51 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37058 | 41 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Cypriot | 49 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37028 | 61 | 0.4 | 0.6 | -12 |
| Hungarian | 49 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37044 | 64 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -15 |
| Eritrean | 48 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 37034 | 29 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +19 |
| Fijian | 47 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37037 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +19 |
| Central and West African (other) | 46 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 370132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maori | 45 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37065 | 41 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +4 |
| Other Central Asian | 44 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37076 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Ukrainian | 44 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37121 | 86 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -42 |
| Sudanese | 42 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37110 | 126 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -84 |
| Chilean | 42 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 37023 | 59 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -17 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 42 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37009 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +37 |
| Other Southern and East African | 41 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37087 | 49 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -8 |
| Egyptian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37032 | 56 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -19 |
| Arab not further described | 36 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37006 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +13 |
| Timorese | 34 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37117 | 37 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -3 |
| Afghan | 32 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37001 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Russian | 31 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37097 | 49 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -18 |
| Malay | 28 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37063 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 |
| French | 28 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37040 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 28 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 370130 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +4 |
| Indonesian | 25 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37047 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +14 |
| Slovak | 25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37105 | 39 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -14 |
| Slovene | 25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 67 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -42 |
| Mauritian | 20 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37066 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -2 |
| Syrian | 19 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37113 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Cook Islander | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37026 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +19 |
| Iranian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37048 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Romanian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37096 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -9 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37079 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37055 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Portuguese | 16 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37094 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -4 |
| Congolese | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 379113 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Polynesian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37084 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Anglo-Indian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37005 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Austrian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37013 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -10 |
| Other South American | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37085 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Korean | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37056 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Kurdish | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37057 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Peruvian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37092 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37083 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Japanese | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37052 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
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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 St Albans (South) in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Vietnamese (5,155 people or 29.5%)
- Chinese (1,609 people or 9.2%)
- Australian (1,303 people or 7.5%)
- English (1,143 people or 6.5%)
- Filipino (773 people or 4.4%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 9,983 responses in total, or 57.16% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in St Albans (South) and Harvester Ward were:
- A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (29.5% compared to 20.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (6.5% compared to 11.8%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (7.5% compared to 12.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Irish ancestry (1.2% compared to 3.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Vietnamese (+1,472 persons)
- Maltese (-279 persons)
- Punjabi (+235 persons)
- Samoan (+205 persons)