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The three largest ancestries in St Clair 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 St Clair 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 St Clair'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
St Clair - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Erskine Park %Number%Erskine Park %2016 to 2021
Not stated1,0664.03.41,0133.93.3+53
Total responses26,390----25,951----+439
Total people19,932----19,885----+47
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
St Clair - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Erskine Park %Number%Erskine Park %2016 to 2021
Australian6,08430.531.56,57433.133.4-490
English5,34026.826.95,68728.629.3-347
Irish1,4057.06.61,7098.68.0-304
Scottish1,2366.25.41,3806.96.4-144
Filipino1,0895.56.29895.05.8+100
Maltese8274.15.48934.55.3-66
Italian7703.94.97443.74.5+26
Australian Aboriginal7153.62.9810.40.2+634
Indian6373.23.06063.02.8+31
German5482.72.55903.02.7-42
Show all (102 entries)

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

Dominant groups

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

  • Australian (6,084 people or 30.5%)
  • English (5,340 people or 26.8%)
  • Irish (1,405 people or 7.0%)
  • Scottish (1,236 people or 6.2%)
  • Filipino (1,089 people or 5.5%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 15,154 responses in total, or 76.03% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in St Clair and Erskine Park were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Lebanese ancestry (2.7% compared to 1.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Maltese ancestry (4.1% compared to 5.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (3.9% compared to 4.9%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Australian Aboriginal (+634 persons)
  • Australian (-490 persons)
  • English (-347 persons)
  • Irish (-304 persons)

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