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The three largest ancestries in Sunshine West in 2021 were Vietnamese, Australian and English.

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 Sunshine West 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 Sunshine West'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
Sunshine West - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2006 to 2021
Not stated1,5627.57.31,74910.89.5-187
Total responses20,756----16,127----+4,629
Total people18,555----15,893----+2,662
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Ancestry - Ranked by size
Sunshine West - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
AncestryNumber%City of Brimbank %Number%City of Brimbank %2006 to 2021
Vietnamese3,60119.416.92,45515.410.7+1,146
Australian2,16811.712.61,82511.515.1+343
English1,94410.511.61,58210.011.8+362
Chinese1,3527.36.87054.45.1+647
Greek9895.33.41,4259.04.6-436
Maltese9805.35.21,4309.08.1-450
Italian7674.16.28445.37.8-77
Filipino5823.14.04252.73.1+157
Macedonian5372.92.86604.23.7-123
Irish5212.83.04052.53.2+116
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

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

  • Vietnamese (3,601 people or 19.4%)
  • Australian (2,168 people or 11.7%)
  • English (1,944 people or 10.5%)
  • Chinese (1,352 people or 7.3%)
  • Greek (989 people or 5.3%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 10,054 responses in total, or 54.18% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Sunshine West and the City of Brimbank were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (19.4% compared to 16.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Greek ancestry (5.3% compared to 3.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (4.1% compared to 6.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Indian ancestry (2.7% compared to 3.8%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • Vietnamese (+1,146 persons)
  • Chinese (+647 persons)
  • Maltese (-450 persons)
  • Greek (-436 persons)

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