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Mornington Peninsula Shire

Ancestry

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The three largest ancestries in Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2021 were English, Australian and Irish.

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 Mornington Peninsula Shire 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 Mornington Peninsula Shire'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
Mornington Peninsula Shire - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2006 to 2021
Not stated9,5264.24.212,1857.46.9-2,659
Total responses229,380----165,505----+63,875
Total people168,950----136,451----+32,499
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Ancestry - Ranked by size
Mornington Peninsula Shire - Total persons (Usual residence)20212006Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2006 to 2021
English76,43645.225.654,50639.925.7+21,930
Australian63,16937.423.456,60941.530.2+6,560
Irish21,18812.58.313,95610.28.4+7,232
Scottish20,60512.27.112,9009.56.7+7,705
Italian7,8954.76.64,4003.27.2+3,495
German6,6814.02.94,9443.63.1+1,737
Dutch4,1522.51.53,3472.51.7+805
Greek2,7121.63.51,4621.14.1+1,250
Australian Aboriginal1,6181.00.7890.10.1+1,529
Chinese1,4580.98.37580.65.0+700
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Mornington Peninsula Shire in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • English (76,436 people or 45.2%)
  • Australian (63,169 people or 37.4%)
  • Irish (21,188 people or 12.5%)
  • Scottish (20,605 people or 12.2%)
  • Italian (7,895 people or 4.7%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 189,293 responses in total, or 112.04% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Mornington Peninsula Shire and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (45.2% compared to 25.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (37.4% compared to 23.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (12.2% compared to 7.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (0.9% compared to 8.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2006 and 2021 were:

  • English (+21,930 persons)
  • Scottish (+7,705 persons)
  • Irish (+7,232 persons)
  • Australian (+6,560 persons)

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