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City of Port Adelaide Enfield

Ancestry

The three largest ancestries in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield in 2021 were English, Australian and Indian.

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 Port Adelaide Enfield 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 Port Adelaide Enfield'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
City of Port Adelaide Enfield - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
Not stated7,1304.23.27,6505.14.1-520
Total responses169,014----150,160----+18,854
Total people132,391----121,230----+11,161
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
City of Port Adelaide Enfield - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Adelaide %Number%Greater Adelaide %2016 to 2021
English36,29127.436.834,80828.737.3+1,483
Australian31,59223.930.231,19725.730.9+395
Indian9,1196.93.06,2925.22.4+2,827
Scottish8,2596.28.27,9886.68.2+271
Irish8,1256.17.68,4116.98.1-286
Italian8,0506.16.87,1725.96.8+878
Chinese7,3265.54.16,8365.63.9+490
German6,9255.26.76,6895.56.8+236
Vietnamese6,7495.11.66,2935.21.5+456
Greek3,4252.62.73,1722.62.7+253
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

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

  • English (36,291 people or 27.4%)
  • Australian (31,592 people or 23.9%)
  • Indian (9,119 people or 6.9%)
  • Scottish (8,259 people or 6.2%)
  • Irish (8,125 people or 6.1%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 93,386 responses in total, or 70.54% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Greater Adelaide were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Indian ancestry (6.9% compared to 3.0%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (5.1% compared to 1.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (27.4% compared to 36.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (23.9% compared to 30.2%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Indian (+2,827 persons)
  • Australian Aboriginal (+2,160 persons)
  • Punjabi (+1,674 persons)
  • English (+1,483 persons)

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