Gosford West Ward
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Gosford West Ward in 2016 were English, Australian and Irish.
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 Gosford West Ward 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 Gosford West Ward'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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| Gosford West Ward - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Noraville - Norah Head % | Number | % | Noraville - Norah Head % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 4,388 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4,882 | 6.2 | 4.8 | -494 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 86,145 | -- | -- | 78,804 | -- | -- | +7,341 | 37502 |
| Total people | 65,426 | -- | -- | 62,759 | -- | -- | +2,667 | |
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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| Gosford West Ward - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Noraville - Norah Head % | Number | % | Noraville - Norah Head % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| English | 27,364 | 41.8 | 43.0 | 37033 | 25,796 | 41.1 | 43.1 | +1,569 |
| Australian | 25,799 | 39.4 | 44.5 | 37010 | 25,214 | 40.2 | 42.9 | +585 |
 Irish | 8,549 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 37050 | 7,759 | 12.4 | 13.5 | +791 |
| Scottish | 6,738 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 37100 | 5,982 | 9.5 | 10.5 | +756 |
| German | 2,188 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 37041 | 1,868 | 3.0 | 2.9 | +321 |
| Italian | 1,707 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 37051 | 1,379 | 2.2 | 2.5 | +329 |
| Chinese | 1,241 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 37024 | 752 | 1.2 | 0.7 | +489 |
| Dutch | 873 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 37031 | 854 | 1.4 | 1.0 | +19 |
| New Zealander | 664 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 37070 | 614 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +50 |
| Filipino | 643 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 37038 | 442 | 0.7 | 0.3 | +202 |
| Indian | 615 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 37046 | 348 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +268 |
| Greek | 607 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 37042 | 502 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +106 |
| Maltese | 550 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 37064 | 484 | 0.8 | 0.9 | +66 |
| Welsh | 500 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 37124 | 454 | 0.7 | 0.5 | +47 |
| French | 387 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37040 | 360 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +28 |
| Maori | 385 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 37065 | 410 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -25 |
| Polish | 350 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37093 | 330 | 0.5 | 0.7 | +21 |
| Spanish | 346 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 37109 | 253 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +93 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 322 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37011 | 199 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +123 |
| Russian | 309 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37097 | 215 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +94 |
| South African | 295 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 37108 | 187 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +108 |
| Korean | 282 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 37056 | 150 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +132 |
| American | 273 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37004 | 214 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +59 |
| Inadequately Described | 264 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 37045 | 222 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +42 |
| Croatian | 224 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37027 | 204 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +20 |
| Lebanese | 222 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37060 | 203 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +20 |
| Thai | 212 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 37116 | 133 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +80 |
| Danish | 191 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37030 | 179 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +12 |
| Swedish | 180 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37111 | 129 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +51 |
| Fijian | 174 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37037 | 139 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +35 |
| Japanese | 171 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37052 | 91 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +81 |
| Hungarian | 153 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37044 | 124 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Canadian | 147 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37020 | 149 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -2 |
| Serbian | 122 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37101 | 108 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 121 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 370131 | 109 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Indonesian | 121 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37047 | 83 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Vietnamese | 116 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37123 | 64 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +53 |
| Portuguese | 109 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37094 | 62 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +48 |
| Chilean | 108 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37023 | 73 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Swiss | 101 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37112 | 86 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +16 |
| Finnish | 95 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37039 | 80 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +16 |
| Austrian | 88 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37013 | 95 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -7 |
| Tongan | 88 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37118 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +23 |
| Ukrainian | 79 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37121 | 44 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +36 |
| Latvian | 79 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Norwegian | 78 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 77 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Turkish | 78 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37120 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +35 |
| Czech | 75 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37029 | 69 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Other South American | 71 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37085 | 51 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +21 |
| Mauritian | 71 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37066 | 69 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Samoan | 69 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37099 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Egyptian | 67 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37032 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Papua New Guinean | 63 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37091 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Peruvian | 54 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37092 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Nepalese | 48 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37069 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +17 |
| Lithuanian | 48 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37061 | 36 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +12 |
| Malay | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37063 | 53 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -8 |
| Estonian | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37035 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Colombian | 44 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37025 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Iranian | 42 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37048 | 52 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -10 |
| Other North-Western European | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37081 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Romanian | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37096 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Other Eastern European | 40 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37077 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +29 |
| Slovak | 37 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37105 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Zimbabwean | 36 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37125 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +24 |
| Pakistani | 36 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37089 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Slovene | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37106 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Cypriot | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37028 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Armenian | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37008 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +17 |
| Other British | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37074 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Other Polynesian | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37084 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Brazilian | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37017 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37078 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Macedonian | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37062 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 370130 | 39 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -13 |
| Cook Islander | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37026 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Burmese peoples | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37019 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Central and West African | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37022 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Belgian | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37014 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -7 |
| Argentinian | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37007 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Bosnian | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37016 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Other Southern and East African | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37087 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -7 |
| Syrian | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37113 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Tamil | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37115 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37079 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jewish | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37053 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Arab not further described | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37006 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Uruguayan | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37122 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37055 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Caribbean Islander | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37021 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -15 |
| Iraqi | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37049 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Afghan | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37001 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Singaporean | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Palestinian | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37090 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37088 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bulgarian | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37018 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Salvadoran | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37098 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Punjabi | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37095 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37083 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -22 |
| Other North American | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37080 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37119 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
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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 Gosford West Ward in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (27,364 people or 41.8%)
- Australian (25,799 people or 39.4%)
- Irish (8,549 people or 13.1%)
- Scottish (6,738 people or 10.3%)
- German (2,188 people or 3.3%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 70,638 responses in total, or 107.97% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Gosford West Ward and Noraville - Norah Head were:
- A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (1.9% compared to 0.6%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (39.4% compared to 44.5%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (41.8% compared to 43.0%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Irish ancestry (13.1% compared to 14.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- English (+1,569 persons)
- Irish (+791 persons)
- Scottish (+756 persons)
- Australian (+585 persons)