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The three largest ancestries in Toorak 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 Toorak 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 Toorak'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
Toorak - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Malvern East (Chadstone Activity Centre Catchment) %Number%Malvern East (Chadstone Activity Centre Catchment) %2016 to 2021
Not stated7934.73.99836.04.8-190
Total responses16,984----16,419----+565
Total people12,829----12,914-----85
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
Toorak - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Malvern East (Chadstone Activity Centre Catchment) %Number%Malvern East (Chadstone Activity Centre Catchment) %2016 to 2021
English4,09731.922.44,02531.222.8+72
Australian2,84222.221.73,14724.421.1-305
Irish1,42111.18.11,55212.08.7-131
Chinese1,41911.114.51,1088.614.9+311
Scottish1,36010.67.11,37110.67.2-11
Italian6755.35.96214.85.4+54
Polish5534.31.25964.61.1-43
German4613.63.24533.53.2+8
Greek4143.29.83532.710.8+61
Indian3062.46.23202.55.2-14
Show all (86 entries)

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

Dominant groups

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

  • English (4,097 people or 31.9%)
  • Australian (2,842 people or 22.2%)
  • Irish (1,421 people or 11.1%)
  • Chinese (1,419 people or 11.1%)
  • Scottish (1,360 people or 10.6%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 11,139 responses in total, or 86.83% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Toorak and Malvern East (Chadstone Activity Centre Catchment) were:

  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (31.9% compared to 22.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (10.6% compared to 7.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Greek ancestry (3.2% compared to 9.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Indian ancestry (2.4% compared to 6.2%)

Emerging groups

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

  • Chinese (+311 persons)
  • Australian (-305 persons)
  • Irish (-131 persons)
  • English (+72 persons)

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