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The three largest ancestries in the City of Monash in 2021 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 the City of Monash 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 Monash'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 Monash - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Not stated8,7413.84.29,0444.25.0-303
Total responses228,435----215,559----+12,876
Total people190,412----182,617----+7,795
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
City of Monash - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Chinese47,23824.88.344,00724.17.9+3,231
English32,04116.825.633,01618.126.6-975
Australian28,11614.823.428,61615.724.0-500
Indian15,1908.05.312,2886.74.4+2,902
Greek13,2216.93.512,8607.03.6+361
Irish9,9875.28.311,4596.39.1-1,472
Italian9,2054.86.69,3625.16.7-157
Scottish8,9824.77.19,3055.17.3-323
Sinhalese/Sri Lankan8,2154.31.67,4844.11.5+731
Vietnamese4,1542.22.43,5161.92.4+638
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 Monash in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • Chinese (47,238 people or 24.8%)
  • English (32,041 people or 16.8%)
  • Australian (28,116 people or 14.8%)
  • Indian (15,190 people or 8.0%)
  • Greek (13,221 people or 6.9%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 135,806 responses in total, or 71.32% of all responses.

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

  • A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (24.8% compared to 8.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Greek ancestry (6.9% compared to 3.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (16.8% compared to 25.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (14.8% compared to 23.4%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Chinese (+3,231 persons)
  • Indian (+2,902 persons)
  • Irish (-1,472 persons)
  • Other Indian subcontinent (+1,399 persons)

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