Cranbourne West
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Cranbourne West in 2016 were English, Australian and Indian.
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 Cranbourne 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 Cranbourne 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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's ancestry?'
Multi-response
Total population
| Ancestry - Totals | ||||||||
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| Cranbourne West - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | City of Casey % | Number | % | City of Casey % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 871 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 513 | 4.9 | 4.9 | +358 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 18,746 | -- | -- | 10,524 | -- | -- | +8,222 | 37502 |
| Total people | 15,059 | -- | -- | 8,749 | -- | -- | +6,310 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Cranbourne West - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | City of Casey % | Number | % | City of Casey % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| English | 3,866 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 37033 | 2,823 | 32.3 | 26.6 | +1,043 |
| Australian | 3,749 | 24.9 | 23.8 | 37010 | 2,571 | 29.4 | 27.2 | +1,178 |
 Indian | 1,851 | 12.3 | 7.6 | 37046 | 499 | 5.7 | 5.0 | +1,352 |
| Irish | 856 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 37050 | 518 | 5.9 | 6.2 | +338 |
| Scottish | 839 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 37100 | 533 | 6.1 | 6.2 | +306 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 641 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 370131 | 228 | 2.6 | 3.5 | +413 |
| Italian | 431 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 37051 | 207 | 2.4 | 4.0 | +224 |
| Filipino | 417 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 37038 | 181 | 2.1 | 1.8 | +236 |
| German | 386 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 37041 | 322 | 3.7 | 2.8 | +64 |
| Chinese | 367 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 37024 | 127 | 1.5 | 3.2 | +240 |
| Samoan | 360 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 37099 | 265 | 3.0 | 0.9 | +95 |
| Afghan | 313 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 37001 | 87 | 1.0 | 1.9 | +226 |
| Dutch | 268 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 37031 | 245 | 2.8 | 2.6 | +23 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 247 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 37078 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +209 |
| Maori | 234 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 37065 | 209 | 2.4 | 0.9 | +25 |
| Greek | 191 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 37042 | 100 | 1.1 | 1.6 | +91 |
| Punjabi | 184 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 37095 | 33 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +151 |
| New Zealander | 179 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 37070 | 90 | 1.0 | 0.7 | +89 |
| Pakistani | 176 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 37089 | 35 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +141 |
| Other Central Asian | 175 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 37076 | 66 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +109 |
| Inadequately Described | 157 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37045 | 52 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +105 |
| Mauritian | 148 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 37066 | 91 | 1.0 | 1.5 | +57 |
| Cook Islander | 145 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 37026 | 110 | 1.3 | 0.4 | +35 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 139 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 37055 | 53 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +86 |
| Fijian | 110 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 37037 | 44 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +66 |
| French | 108 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 37040 | 50 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +58 |
| Maltese | 107 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37064 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +64 |
| South Sudanese | 96 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 374305 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +96 |
| Vietnamese | 95 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 37123 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +55 |
| Serbian | 86 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 37101 | 33 | 0.4 | 1.3 | +53 |
| Turkish | 85 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37120 | 24 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +61 |
| Polish | 82 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 37093 | 31 | 0.4 | 1.0 | +51 |
| Tamil | 80 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37115 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +48 |
| Spanish | 73 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 37109 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +35 |
| Chilean | 69 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37023 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +39 |
| Croatian | 66 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 37027 | 25 | 0.3 | 1.0 | +41 |
| Hungarian | 62 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 37044 | 55 | 0.6 | 0.9 | +7 |
| South African | 62 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37108 | 43 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +19 |
| Welsh | 54 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37124 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +24 |
| Romanian | 51 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37096 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.8 | +37 |
| Thai | 48 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37116 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +32 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 46 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37083 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +35 |
| Indonesian | 45 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37047 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +19 |
| Zimbabwean | 45 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37125 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +31 |
| Lebanese | 44 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 37060 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.6 | +32 |
| Portuguese | 41 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37094 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +32 |
| Egyptian | 39 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37032 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +33 |
| Central and West African | 38 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37022 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +32 |
| Sudanese | 38 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37110 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Russian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37097 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +25 |
| Anglo-Indian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37005 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +24 |
| Macedonian | 34 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37062 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +16 |
| Malay | 33 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37063 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +25 |
| Nepalese | 27 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37069 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +27 |
| Austrian | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37013 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +11 |
| Burmese peoples | 27 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37019 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Bosnian | 26 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37016 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +10 |
| Other Polynesian | 26 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37084 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Iranian | 24 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37048 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +24 |
| Japanese | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37052 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 22 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 370130 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +15 |
| American | 21 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37004 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Other Southern and East African | 19 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37087 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +12 |
| Salvadoran | 18 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37098 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +15 |
| Arab not further described | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37006 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Tongan | 17 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37118 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Lao | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37058 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37009 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Ukrainian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37121 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +12 |
| Canadian | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37020 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Korean | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37056 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Albanian | 13 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37003 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +4 |
| Cypriot | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37028 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Seychellois | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37102 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Other Eastern European | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37077 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Other North American | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Latvian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Ethiopian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37036 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Timorese | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37117 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -3 |
| Peruvian | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37092 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Norwegian | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
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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 Cranbourne West in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (3,866 people or 25.7%)
- Australian (3,749 people or 24.9%)
- Indian (1,851 people or 12.3%)
- Irish (856 people or 5.7%)
- Scottish (839 people or 5.6%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 11,161 responses in total, or 74.12% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Cranbourne West and City of Casey were:
- A larger percentage of people with Indian ancestry (12.3% compared to 7.6%)
- A larger percentage of people with Samoan ancestry (2.4% compared to 1.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (2.4% compared to 4.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Afghan ancestry (2.1% compared to 3.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Indian (+1,352 persons)
- Australian (+1,178 persons)
- English (+1,043 persons)
- Sinhalese/Sri Lankan (+413 persons)