Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill)
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) in 2016 were Chinese, English 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 Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) 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 Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill)'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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| Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Bulleen % | Number | % | Bulleen % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 883 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 764 | 3.6 | 3.3 | +118 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 24,165 | -- | -- | 21,400 | -- | -- | +2,765 | 37502 |
| Total people | 20,818 | -- | -- | 18,756 | -- | -- | +2,062 | |
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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| Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Bulleen % | Number | % | Bulleen % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Chinese | 6,689 | 32.1 | 18.7 | 37024 | 4,644 | 24.8 | 14.9 | +2,045 |
| English | 3,428 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 37033 | 3,208 | 17.1 | 14.6 | +220 |
| Australian | 2,603 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 37010 | 2,904 | 15.5 | 15.9 | -301 |
| Greek | 1,987 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 37042 | 2,120 | 11.3 | 12.1 | -132 |
| Italian | 1,671 | 8.0 | 20.9 | 37051 | 1,796 | 9.6 | 22.4 | -126 |
| Irish | 1,059 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 37050 | 1,017 | 5.4 | 5.9 | +42 |
| Scottish | 970 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 37100 | 945 | 5.0 | 4.5 | +24 |
| Indian | 559 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 37046 | 417 | 2.2 | 1.9 | +143 |
| Iranian | 534 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 37048 | 268 | 1.4 | 0.8 | +266 |
| German | 415 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 37041 | 395 | 2.1 | 1.9 | +20 |
| Korean | 366 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 37056 | 247 | 1.3 | 0.7 | +119 |
| Vietnamese | 220 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 37123 | 164 | 0.9 | 1.6 | +56 |
| Lebanese | 178 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 37060 | 178 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Croatian | 173 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 37027 | 168 | 0.9 | 1.1 | +6 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 157 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 370131 | 154 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +3 |
| Macedonian | 148 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 37062 | 181 | 1.0 | 1.7 | -34 |
| Filipino | 145 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37038 | 101 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +44 |
| Dutch | 129 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 37031 | 131 | 0.7 | 1.0 | -2 |
| Malay | 123 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 37063 | 55 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +68 |
| Cypriot | 122 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37028 | 96 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +27 |
| Egyptian | 115 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 37032 | 112 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +3 |
| Polish | 115 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37093 | 150 | 0.8 | 0.8 | -35 |
| South African | 107 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37108 | 97 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +11 |
| Serbian | 87 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37101 | 76 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +12 |
| Taiwanese | 86 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37114 | 63 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Inadequately Described | 81 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37045 | 54 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +28 |
| Japanese | 73 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37052 | 53 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +21 |
| Maltese | 69 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37064 | 87 | 0.5 | 1.0 | -17 |
| New Zealander | 69 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37070 | 73 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -4 |
| Hungarian | 68 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37044 | 90 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -22 |
| Turkish | 67 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37120 | 89 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -21 |
| Russian | 66 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37097 | 66 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Pakistani | 66 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37089 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +41 |
| Spanish | 64 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37109 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +24 |
| Arab not further described | 64 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37006 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +44 |
| French | 62 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37040 | 53 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +10 |
| Welsh | 61 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37124 | 46 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +15 |
| Indonesian | 60 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37047 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +40 |
| Tamil | 45 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37115 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +19 |
| Slovene | 42 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37106 | 53 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -11 |
| Thai | 40 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37116 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 40 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37078 | 43 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Czech | 38 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37029 | 33 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Ukrainian | 36 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37121 | 39 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -3 |
| American | 35 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37004 | 34 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Armenian | 32 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37008 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Austrian | 31 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37013 | 40 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -9 |
| Danish | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37030 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Jewish | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37053 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -12 |
| Romanian | 30 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37096 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Lithuanian | 28 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37061 | 31 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Syrian | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37113 | 32 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Mauritian | 24 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37066 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +14 |
| Norwegian | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Swiss | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37112 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Swedish | 20 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37111 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37079 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -4 |
| Fijian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37037 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Chilean | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37023 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +1 |
| Portuguese | 17 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37094 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -9 |
| Kurdish | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37057 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Latvian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37059 | 19 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Afghan | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37001 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Albanian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37003 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +5 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37055 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Other North American | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Other South-East Asian | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37086 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Other Southern and East African | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37087 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -7 |
| Punjabi | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37095 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -12 |
| Central and West African | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37022 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Canadian | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37020 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Other Arab peoples | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37073 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37088 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Maori | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37065 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Colombian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37025 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Zimbabwean | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37125 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 370130 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Bosnian | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37016 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Other Central Asian | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37076 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Other Eastern European | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37077 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
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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 Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Chinese (6,689 people or 32.1%)
- English (3,428 people or 16.5%)
- Australian (2,603 people or 12.5%)
- Greek (1,987 people or 9.5%)
- Italian (1,671 people or 8.0%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 16,378 responses in total, or 78.68% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Doncaster (inc. Doncaster Hill) and Bulleen were:
- A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (32.1% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (16.5% compared to 14.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (8.0% compared to 20.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Greek ancestry (9.5% compared to 12.1%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Chinese (+2,045 persons)
- Australian (-301 persons)
- Iranian (+266 persons)
- English (+220 persons)