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The three largest ancestries in the City of Melton in 2021 were Australian, English 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 the City of Melton 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 Melton'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 Melton - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2011 to 2021
Not stated13,2766.04.28,2366.45.3+5,040
Total responses220,784----128,752----+92,032
Total people178,965----109,258----+69,707
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Ancestry - Ranked by size
City of Melton - Total persons (Usual residence)20212011Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2011 to 2021
Australian37,41320.923.428,04525.726.4+9,368
English33,16218.525.625,16023.026.9+8,002
Indian14,3018.05.33,7523.43.2+10,549
Maltese11,6366.51.48,5907.91.6+3,046
Italian10,6896.06.67,6087.07.0+3,081
Filipino8,4194.71.73,8033.51.1+4,616
Irish7,8314.48.36,5726.08.8+1,259
Scottish7,1604.07.15,7235.27.2+1,437
Punjabi5,5393.11.01240.10.1+5,415
Chinese5,0532.88.32,7912.66.1+2,262
Show all (128 entries)

Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

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

  • Australian (37,413 people or 20.9%)
  • English (33,162 people or 18.5%)
  • Indian (14,301 people or 8.0%)
  • Maltese (11,636 people or 6.5%)
  • Italian (10,689 people or 6.0%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 107,201 responses in total, or 59.90% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Melton and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Maltese ancestry (6.5% compared to 1.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (18.5% compared to 25.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (2.8% compared to 8.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Irish ancestry (4.4% compared to 8.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:

  • Indian (+10,549 persons)
  • Australian (+9,368 persons)
  • English (+8,002 persons)
  • Punjabi (+5,415 persons)

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