City of Moonee Valley
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in the City of Moonee Valley in 2016 were English, Australian and Italian.
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 Moonee Valley 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 Moonee Valley'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
| Ancestry - Totals | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2001 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 7,263 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 7,135 | 6.2 | 6.0 | +128 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 146,984 | -- | -- | 114,431 | -- | -- | +32,552 | 37502 |
| Total people | 116,681 | -- | -- | 101,950 | -- | -- | +14,731 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2001 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2001 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2001 to 2016 | |
| English | 27,521 | 23.6 | 26.6 | 37033 | 23,268 | 22.8 | 28.1 | +4,253 |
| Australian | 26,931 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 37010 | 27,058 | 26.5 | 29.1 | -127 |
| Italian | 19,479 | 16.7 | 6.7 | 37051 | 16,938 | 16.6 | 7.4 | +2,541 |
| Irish | 13,784 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 37050 | 11,748 | 11.5 | 9.7 | +2,035 |
| Scottish | 8,273 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 37100 | 2,322 | 2.3 | 2.7 | +5,951 |
| Greek | 5,790 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 37042 | 5,243 | 5.1 | 4.5 | +547 |
| Chinese | 5,586 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 37024 | 3,623 | 3.6 | 4.3 | +1,963 |
| Indian | 3,425 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 37046 | 950 | 0.9 | 1.2 | +2,475 |
| German | 3,185 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 37041 | 2,523 | 2.5 | 3.1 | +662 |
| Vietnamese | 3,012 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 37123 | 1,796 | 1.8 | 1.6 | +1,216 |
| Maltese | 2,841 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 37064 | 2,276 | 2.2 | 1.6 | +565 |
| Croatian | 1,904 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 37027 | 1,397 | 1.4 | 0.9 | +507 |
| Polish | 1,284 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 37093 | 1,113 | 1.1 | 1.2 | +171 |
| Dutch | 1,148 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 37031 | 869 | 0.9 | 1.6 | +279 |
| Lebanese | 1,048 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 37060 | 727 | 0.7 | 0.9 | +321 |
| Filipino | 923 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 37038 | 573 | 0.6 | 0.7 | +350 |
| Macedonian | 894 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 37062 | 543 | 0.5 | 1.0 | +351 |
| Turkish | 865 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 37120 | 505 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +360 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 755 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 370131 | 533 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +222 |
| Spanish | 745 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37109 | 617 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +128 |
| Ukrainian | 711 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 37121 | 711 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Inadequately Described | 692 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 37045 | 321 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +371 |
| New Zealander | 677 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 37070 | 289 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +388 |
| Somali | 674 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 37107 | 390 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +284 |
| Serbian | 655 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37101 | 620 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +35 |
| Ethiopian | 572 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 37036 | 175 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +397 |
| French | 565 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 37040 | 367 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +198 |
| Egyptian | 530 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37032 | 295 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +235 |
| Welsh | 509 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37124 | 311 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +198 |
| Iranian | 480 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37048 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +415 |
| Nepalese | 407 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37069 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +398 |
| Cypriot | 384 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37028 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hungarian | 324 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37044 | 249 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +75 |
| Russian | 323 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37097 | 266 | 0.3 | 0.5 | +57 |
| Slovene | 319 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37106 | 309 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Chilean | 318 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37023 | 309 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +9 |
| Thai | 315 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37116 | 80 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +235 |
| Korean | 314 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37056 | 108 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +206 |
| Japanese | 311 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37052 | 149 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +162 |
| Eritrean | 310 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37034 | 238 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +72 |
| American | 296 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37004 | 208 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +88 |
| Portuguese | 281 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37094 | 171 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +110 |
| Other Southern and East African | 266 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37087 | 90 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +176 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 249 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37078 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +217 |
| Austrian | 239 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37013 | 219 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +20 |
| Malay | 233 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37063 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +191 |
| South African | 215 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37108 | 94 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +121 |
| Maori | 204 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37065 | 159 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +45 |
| Pakistani | 203 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37089 | 57 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +146 |
| Danish | 202 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37030 | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +65 |
| Colombian | 202 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37025 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +192 |
| Albanian | 201 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37003 | 127 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +74 |
| Syrian | 200 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37113 | 99 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +101 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 199 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37009 | 98 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +101 |
| Indonesian | 182 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37047 | 53 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +129 |
| Arab not further described | 172 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37006 | 126 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +46 |
| Swedish | 167 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37111 | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +77 |
| Sudanese | 166 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37110 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +148 |
| Mauritian | 165 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37066 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +99 |
| Bosnian | 154 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37016 | 146 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Anglo-Indian | 148 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37005 | 113 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +35 |
| Canadian | 145 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37020 | 99 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +46 |
| Other Arab peoples | 138 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37073 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +114 |
| Swiss | 131 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37112 | 81 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +50 |
| Argentinian | 130 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37007 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Latvian | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 128 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 119 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 370130 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +82 |
| Other South American | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37085 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +64 |
| Iraqi | 112 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37049 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +95 |
| Lithuanian | 103 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37061 | 92 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Punjabi | 101 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37095 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +98 |
| Romanian | 99 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37096 | 70 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +29 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 98 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37011 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +56 |
| Brazilian | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37017 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +79 |
| Timorese | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37117 | 110 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -20 |
| Norwegian | 89 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +40 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 83 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37088 | 154 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -71 |
| Czech | 78 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37029 | 62 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Fijian | 78 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37037 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +42 |
| Samoan | 77 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37099 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +59 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 73 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37055 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +55 |
| Finnish | 71 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37039 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +29 |
| Caribbean Islander | 69 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37021 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +30 |
| Central and West African | 68 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37022 | 147 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -79 |
| Uruguayan | 67 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37122 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Mexican | 64 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37067 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +52 |
| South Sudanese | 63 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 374305 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other North American | 63 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +33 |
| Salvadoran | 61 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37098 | 117 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -56 |
| Slovak | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37105 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +34 |
| Taiwanese | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37114 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +49 |
| Other Eastern European | 58 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37077 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Armenian | 57 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37008 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +21 |
| Lao | 55 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37058 | 69 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -14 |
| Tamil | 54 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37115 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +36 |
| Kurdish | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37057 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Other British | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37074 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -12 |
| Estonian | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37035 | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37079 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +33 |
| Burmese peoples | 46 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37019 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Jewish | 43 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37053 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +7 |
| Other North-Western European | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 61 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -18 |
| Bulgarian | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37018 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Afghan | 36 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 37001 | 57 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -21 |
| Belgian | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37014 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cook Islander | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37026 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +25 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 33 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37083 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Peruvian | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37092 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Singaporean | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Papua New Guinean | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37091 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other Central Asian | 30 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37076 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Other Northern Asian | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37082 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +29 |
| Tongan | 28 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37118 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other South-East Asian | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Palestinian | 27 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37090 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Other Sudanese peoples | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 370129 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Zimbabwean | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37125 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Seychellois | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37102 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Other Polynesian | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37084 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Jordanian | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37054 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Other Central American | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37075 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -7 |
| Native American (Indian) | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37068 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
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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 City of Moonee Valley in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (27,521 people or 23.6%)
- Australian (26,931 people or 23.1%)
- Italian (19,479 people or 16.7%)
- Irish (13,784 people or 11.8%)
- Scottish (8,273 people or 7.1%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 95,988 responses in total, or 82.27% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Moonee Valley and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage of people with Italian ancestry (16.7% compared to 6.7%)
- A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (11.8% compared to 9.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (4.8% compared to 7.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (23.6% compared to 26.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2001 and 2016 were:
- Scottish (+5,951 persons)
- English (+4,253 persons)
- Italian (+2,541 persons)
- Indian (+2,475 persons)