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City of Canterbury Bankstown

Ancestry

The three largest ancestries in the City of Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 were Lebanese, 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 Canterbury Bankstown 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 Canterbury Bankstown'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 Canterbury Bankstown - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Not stated32,4027.74.722,5685.75.1+9,834
Total responses421,394----395,269----+26,125
Total people371,005----346,296----+24,709
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 Canterbury Bankstown - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Lebanese52,28714.13.352,35715.13.3-70
Australian51,64113.922.349,18714.223.5+2,454
Chinese42,90711.610.639,28911.310.1+3,618
English42,04311.323.842,44212.325.3-399
Vietnamese26,9947.32.325,1957.32.2+1,799
Greek22,5046.12.422,7406.62.4-236
Italian14,4973.94.314,1674.14.2+330
Irish12,2443.37.713,8734.08.6-1,629
Indian9,5782.64.58,6232.54.0+955
Bengali/Bangladeshi9,2882.50.78,5272.50.6+761
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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 Canterbury Bankstown in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • Lebanese (52,287 people or 14.1%)
  • Australian (51,641 people or 13.9%)
  • Chinese (42,907 people or 11.6%)
  • English (42,043 people or 11.3%)
  • Vietnamese (26,994 people or 7.3%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 215,872 responses in total, or 58.19% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Canterbury Bankstown and Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Lebanese ancestry (14.1% compared to 3.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (7.3% compared to 2.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (11.3% compared to 23.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (13.9% compared to 22.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Chinese (+3,618 persons)
  • Arab not further described (+2,555 persons)
  • Australian (+2,454 persons)
  • Australian Aboriginal (+2,056 persons)

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