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The three largest ancestries in Penrith City in 2021 were Australian, English 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 Penrith City 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 Penrith City'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
Penrith City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Not stated14,8635.24.712,7845.05.1+2,079
Total responses287,626----254,043----+33,583
Total people217,666----196,061----+21,605
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
Penrith City - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2016 to 2021
Australian72,44033.322.370,04435.723.5+2,396
English65,66530.223.865,25133.325.3+414
Irish17,7678.27.719,2799.88.6-1,512
Scottish14,6826.76.014,5467.46.4+136
Australian Aboriginal10,0574.61.61,0810.60.2+8,976
Maltese8,6924.01.27,5833.91.2+1,109
Indian8,5663.94.55,7923.04.0+2,774
Italian8,1273.74.37,2023.74.2+925
Filipino7,7723.62.55,4472.82.1+2,325
German6,3112.92.36,4723.32.5-161
Show all (127 entries)

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

Dominant groups

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

  • Australian (72,440 people or 33.3%)
  • English (65,665 people or 30.2%)
  • Irish (17,767 people or 8.2%)
  • Scottish (14,682 people or 6.7%)
  • Australian Aboriginal (10,057 people or 4.6%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 180,611 responses in total, or 82.98% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Penrith City and Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (33.3% compared to 22.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (30.2% compared to 23.8%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Australian Aboriginal ancestry (4.6% compared to 1.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (2.1% compared to 10.6%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Australian Aboriginal (+8,976 persons)
  • Indian (+2,774 persons)
  • Australian (+2,396 persons)
  • Filipino (+2,325 persons)

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