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The three largest ancestries in Parks Place in 2021 were Assyrian/Chaldean, Vietnamese 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 Parks Place 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 Parks Place'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
Parks Place - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Fairfield West %Number%Fairfield West %2016 to 2021
Not stated6,4805.78.04,4904.14.6+1,989
Total responses114,241----108,289----+5,952
Total people99,205----93,890----+5,314
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
Parks Place - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Fairfield West %Number%Fairfield West %2016 to 2021
Assyrian/Chaldean15,13015.317.311,93112.713.6+3,199
Vietnamese12,71612.817.712,44413.319.5+272
Australian10,01310.19.510,21610.910.1-203
Chinese8,9699.08.88,8439.49.2+125
Italian8,6638.72.89,42910.04.1-766
English7,8207.98.48,4319.010.0-612
Iraqi5,8575.97.93,5873.86.1+2,269
Khmer (Cambodian)3,4213.43.93,0083.24.2+412
Croatian2,7302.81.72,8173.02.0-87
Lebanese2,5552.62.12,3362.52.7+219
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

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

  • Assyrian/Chaldean (15,130 people or 15.3%)
  • Vietnamese (12,716 people or 12.8%)
  • Australian (10,013 people or 10.1%)
  • Chinese (8,969 people or 9.0%)
  • Italian (8,663 people or 8.7%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 55,491 responses in total, or 55.94% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Parks Place and Fairfield West were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Italian ancestry (8.7% compared to 2.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (12.8% compared to 17.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Iraqi ancestry (5.9% compared to 7.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Assyrian/Chaldean ancestry (15.3% compared to 17.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Assyrian/Chaldean (+3,199 persons)
  • Iraqi (+2,269 persons)
  • Italian (-766 persons)
  • Australian Aboriginal (+727 persons)

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