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The three largest ancestries in Orchard Hills in 2021 were Australian, English and Maltese.

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 Orchard Hills 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 Orchard Hills'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
Orchard Hills - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Penrith City %Number%Penrith City %2016 to 2021
Not stated492.15.2954.15.0-46
Total responses2,313----2,304----+9
Total people1,797----1,886-----89
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
Orchard Hills - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Penrith City %Number%Penrith City %2016 to 2021
Australian49227.433.350726.935.7-15
English44224.630.242322.433.3+19
Maltese26314.64.029415.63.9-31
Italian20711.53.720711.03.70
Lebanese1156.41.41005.31.2+15
Scottish1055.86.7794.27.4+26
Irish995.58.21327.09.8-33
Greek593.31.2623.31.2-3
German583.22.9703.73.3-12
Croatian492.71.1392.11.0+10
Show all (22 entries)

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

Dominant groups

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

  • Australian (492 people or 27.4%)
  • English (442 people or 24.6%)
  • Maltese (263 people or 14.6%)
  • Italian (207 people or 11.5%)
  • Lebanese (115 people or 6.4%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 1,519 responses in total, or 84.53% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Orchard Hills and Penrith City were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Maltese ancestry (14.6% compared to 4.0%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Italian ancestry (11.5% compared to 3.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (27.4% compared to 33.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (24.6% compared to 30.2%)

Emerging groups

There were no major differences in Orchard Hills between 2016 and 2021.

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