Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA in 2016 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 Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA 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 Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA'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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's ancestry?'
Multi-response
Total population
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| Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 5,381 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 5,569 | 10.5 | 6.9 | -188 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 69,828 | -- | -- | 53,059 | -- | -- | +16,769 | 37502 |
| Total people | 55,941 | -- | -- | 45,149 | -- | -- | +10,792 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2006 to 2016 | |
| English | 17,171 | 30.7 | 26.6 | 37033 | 12,300 | 27.2 | 25.7 | +4,871 |
| Australian | 11,896 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 37010 | 11,675 | 25.9 | 30.2 | +221 |
 Irish | 7,067 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 37050 | 4,956 | 11.0 | 8.4 | +2,111 |
| Scottish | 5,600 | 10.0 | 7.3 | 37100 | 3,928 | 8.7 | 6.7 | +1,672 |
| Chinese | 4,557 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 37024 | 2,513 | 5.6 | 5.0 | +2,044 |
| Italian | 2,475 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 37051 | 1,713 | 3.8 | 7.2 | +762 |
| Greek | 2,365 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 37042 | 2,340 | 5.2 | 4.1 | +25 |
| German | 2,021 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 37041 | 1,708 | 3.8 | 3.1 | +313 |
| Indian | 1,509 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 37046 | 879 | 1.9 | 1.9 | +630 |
| Polish | 1,388 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 37093 | 1,235 | 2.7 | 1.2 | +153 |
| Dutch | 809 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 37031 | 610 | 1.4 | 1.7 | +199 |
| French | 726 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 37040 | 460 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +266 |
| Russian | 675 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 37097 | 671 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +4 |
| New Zealander | 652 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 37070 | 453 | 1.0 | 0.6 | +199 |
| Vietnamese | 430 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 37123 | 245 | 0.5 | 1.7 | +185 |
| Inadequately Described | 395 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37045 | 235 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +160 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 385 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 370131 | 212 | 0.5 | 1.0 | +173 |
| Filipino | 377 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 37038 | 165 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +212 |
| Jewish | 376 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 37053 | 551 | 1.2 | 0.2 | -175 |
| Welsh | 354 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37124 | 253 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +101 |
| Japanese | 328 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 37052 | 276 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +52 |
| Spanish | 322 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37109 | 198 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +124 |
| Hungarian | 317 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 37044 | 338 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -21 |
| South African | 295 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37108 | 240 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +55 |
| Ukrainian | 269 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37121 | 148 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +121 |
| Indonesian | 269 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37047 | 227 | 0.5 | 0.2 | +42 |
| Turkish | 256 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 37120 | 201 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +55 |
| American | 255 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37004 | 193 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +62 |
| Croatian | 250 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 37027 | 177 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +73 |
| Serbian | 243 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37101 | 192 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +51 |
| Austrian | 236 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37013 | 214 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +22 |
| Thai | 224 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37116 | 143 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +81 |
| Maltese | 222 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 37064 | 136 | 0.3 | 1.6 | +86 |
| Korean | 218 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37056 | 128 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +90 |
| Iranian | 210 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37048 | 63 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +147 |
| Malay | 183 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37063 | 131 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +52 |
| Colombian | 181 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37025 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +134 |
| Lebanese | 176 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 37060 | 150 | 0.3 | 0.9 | +26 |
| Maori | 174 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37065 | 111 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +63 |
| Swedish | 154 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37111 | 112 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +42 |
| Swiss | 152 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37112 | 101 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +51 |
| Danish | 145 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37030 | 123 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +22 |
| Egyptian | 134 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37032 | 93 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +41 |
| Macedonian | 131 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 37062 | 61 | 0.1 | 1.0 | +70 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 123 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37079 | 146 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -23 |
| Canadian | 122 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37020 | 106 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Czech | 121 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37029 | 113 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Portuguese | 119 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37094 | 53 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +66 |
| Romanian | 113 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37096 | 112 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +1 |
| Mauritian | 113 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37066 | 90 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +23 |
| Cypriot | 103 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37028 | 53 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +50 |
| Other Eastern European | 102 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37077 | 73 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +29 |
| Chilean | 101 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37023 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +47 |
| Brazilian | 87 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37017 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +46 |
| Norwegian | 87 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37071 | 71 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Lithuanian | 87 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37061 | 89 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Latvian | 77 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 99 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -22 |
| Nepalese | 74 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37069 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +60 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 74 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37078 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +67 |
| Taiwanese | 73 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37114 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +48 |
| Other South American | 72 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37085 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +42 |
| Pakistani | 55 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37089 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Mexican | 55 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37067 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Finnish | 54 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37039 | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Fijian | 47 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37037 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Argentinian | 47 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37007 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +31 |
| Other Northern Asian | 46 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37082 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +42 |
| Bosnian | 44 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37016 | 42 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +2 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 44 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37055 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +26 |
| Albanian | 43 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37003 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +26 |
| Slovene | 43 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 49 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Singaporean | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37103 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Sudanese | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37110 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +30 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 41 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37088 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +25 |
| Arab not further described | 41 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37006 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +19 |
| Bulgarian | 40 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37018 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Caribbean Islander | 38 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37021 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Armenian | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37008 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Other British | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37074 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Samoan | 37 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37099 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Other Arab peoples | 36 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37073 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Belgian | 34 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37014 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Burmese peoples | 33 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37019 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 32 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37011 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Slovak | 31 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37105 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Other North American | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Tamil | 27 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37115 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +27 |
| Central and West African | 27 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37022 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Other Central Asian | 27 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37076 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Anglo-Indian | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37005 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Tongan | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37118 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Other Southern and East African | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37087 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Zimbabwean | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37125 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Eritrean | 25 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37034 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Iraqi | 23 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37049 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +20 |
| Ethiopian | 22 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37036 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Afghan | 22 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 37001 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -13 |
| Lao | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37058 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Peruvian | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37092 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Palestinian | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37090 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Syrian | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37113 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Estonian | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37035 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -2 |
| Cook Islander | 17 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37026 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 16 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 370130 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Other North-Western European | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -13 |
| Salvadoran | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37098 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Other South-East Asian | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -11 |
| Uruguayan | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37122 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Seychellois | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37102 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Kurdish | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37057 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Punjabi | 12 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37095 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| South Sudanese | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 374305 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Afrikaner | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37002 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (17,171 people or 30.7%)
- Australian (11,896 people or 21.3%)
- Irish (7,067 people or 12.6%)
- Scottish (5,600 people or 10.0%)
- Chinese (4,557 people or 8.1%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 46,291 responses in total, or 82.75% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Stonnington (C) - Prahran SLA and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (30.7% compared to 26.6%)
- A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (12.6% compared to 9.1%)
- A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (10.0% compared to 7.3%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (21.3% compared to 24.0%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2006 and 2016 were:
- English (+4,871 persons)
- Irish (+2,111 persons)
- Chinese (+2,044 persons)
- Scottish (+1,672 persons)