The Hills Shire
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in The Hills Shire in 2021 were English, Australian and Chinese.
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 Hills Shire 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 Hills Shire'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
| Ancestry - Totals | ||||||||
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| The Hills Shire - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | West Ward % | Number | % | West Ward % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 5,846 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6,513 | 4.0 | 3.4 | -668 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 246,434 | -- | -- | 162,729 | -- | -- | +83,705 | 37502 |
| Total people | 191,879 | -- | -- | 132,347 | -- | -- | +59,531 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| The Hills Shire - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | West Ward % | Number | % | West Ward % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| English | 43,397 | 22.6 | 19.1 | 37033 | 35,913 | 27.1 | 25.2 | +7,484 |
| Australian | 42,279 | 22.0 | 18.4 | 37010 | 45,287 | 34.2 | 33.4 | -3,008 |
 Chinese | 28,145 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 37024 | 9,705 | 7.3 | 8.7 | +18,439 |
| Indian | 17,423 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 37046 | 4,522 | 3.4 | 4.8 | +12,900 |
| Irish | 13,267 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 37050 | 10,914 | 8.2 | 7.7 | +2,353 |
| Scottish | 11,244 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 37100 | 8,443 | 6.4 | 6.0 | +2,800 |
| Italian | 8,745 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 37051 | 6,920 | 5.2 | 4.4 | +1,825 |
| Filipino | 5,410 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 37038 | 2,654 | 2.0 | 2.2 | +2,755 |
| Korean | 4,592 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 37056 | 1,727 | 1.3 | 1.8 | +2,864 |
| German | 4,409 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 37041 | 3,709 | 2.8 | 2.5 | +699 |
| Lebanese | 4,033 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 37060 | 2,463 | 1.9 | 2.2 | +1,569 |
| Iranian | 3,820 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 37048 | 1,013 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +2,806 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 3,405 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 370131 | 1,792 | 1.4 | 2.1 | +1,613 |
| Maltese | 3,334 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 37064 | 2,386 | 1.8 | 1.7 | +947 |
| Greek | 2,470 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 37042 | 1,921 | 1.5 | 1.9 | +549 |
| Dutch | 2,219 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 37031 | 1,886 | 1.4 | 1.2 | +332 |
| Pakistani | 2,201 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 37089 | 321 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +1,879 |
| Tamil | 2,124 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 37115 | 253 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +1,871 |
| South African | 1,976 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 37108 | 1,111 | 0.8 | 0.8 | +864 |
| Croatian | 1,853 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37027 | 1,289 | 1.0 | 1.1 | +563 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 1,724 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 37078 | 156 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +1,568 |
| Egyptian | 1,718 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 37032 | 694 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +1,023 |
| Polish | 1,676 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 37093 | 1,233 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +443 |
| Inadequately Described | 1,384 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37045 | 367 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +1,016 |
| Punjabi | 1,324 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 37095 | 131 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1,193 |
| Spanish | 1,271 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37109 | 886 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +385 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 1,211 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37011 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1,173 |
| New Zealander | 1,173 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 37070 | 1,278 | 1.0 | 0.9 | -106 |
| Vietnamese | 1,153 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37123 | 391 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +762 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 1,021 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 370130 | 284 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +737 |
| Russian | 949 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 37097 | 574 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +374 |
| Indonesian | 921 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37047 | 307 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +614 |
| French | 916 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37040 | 667 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +249 |
| Afghan | 890 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37001 | 319 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +570 |
| Welsh | 887 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37124 | 728 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +158 |
| Nepalese | 863 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37069 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +849 |
| Serbian | 860 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37101 | 536 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +324 |
| Turkish | 801 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37120 | 471 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +330 |
| Fijian | 788 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37037 | 143 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +645 |
| Sikh | 728 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Portuguese | 673 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37094 | 285 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +388 |
| Hungarian | 625 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37044 | 516 | 0.4 | 0.3 | +109 |
| Arab not further described | 617 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37006 | 189 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +427 |
| Malay | 603 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37063 | 287 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +315 |
| American | 587 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37004 | 478 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +109 |
| Thai | 579 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37116 | 152 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +427 |
| Maori | 552 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37065 | 353 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +199 |
| Chilean | 513 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37023 | 296 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +216 |
| Armenian | 501 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37008 | 301 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +200 |
| Japanese | 496 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37052 | 193 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +303 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 450 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37079 | 113 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +337 |
| Ukrainian | 444 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37121 | 280 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +163 |
| Mauritian | 385 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37066 | 251 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +134 |
| Other South American | 355 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37085 | 170 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +185 |
| Austrian | 354 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37013 | 346 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +7 |
| Taiwanese | 342 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37114 | 88 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +254 |
| Burmese peoples | 338 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37019 | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +220 |
| Cypriot | 329 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37028 | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +222 |
| Danish | 319 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37030 | 314 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Swedish | 306 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37111 | 208 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +97 |
| Palestinian | 288 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37090 | 108 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +180 |
| Peruvian | 265 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37092 | 105 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +159 |
| Macedonian | 265 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37062 | 154 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +111 |
| Colombian | 260 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37025 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +216 |
| Syrian | 255 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37113 | 129 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +126 |
| Canadian | 252 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37020 | 242 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 236 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37009 | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +124 |
| Slovene | 225 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 192 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +33 |
| Samoan | 221 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37099 | 77 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +144 |
| Brazilian | 219 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37017 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +161 |
| Tongan | 216 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37118 | 80 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +136 |
| Romanian | 214 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37096 | 120 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +94 |
| Swiss | 209 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37112 | 275 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -66 |
| Zimbabwean | 206 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37125 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +157 |
| Czech | 204 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37029 | 186 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +17 |
| Norwegian | 190 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +65 |
| Uruguayan | 185 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37122 | 124 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +60 |
| Argentinian | 183 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37007 | 109 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +73 |
| Central and West African (other) | 181 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 370132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 180 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37055 | 67 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +113 |
| Kurdish | 165 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37057 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +105 |
| Other North American | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +104 |
| Anglo-Indian | 159 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37005 | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +20 |
| Other Southern and East African | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37087 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +105 |
| Latvian | 156 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -8 |
| Finnish | 149 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37039 | 159 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -10 |
| Singaporean | 145 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37103 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +115 |
| Jordanian | 140 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37054 | 75 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +65 |
| Other Central Asian | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37076 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +108 |
| Iraqi | 135 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37049 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +90 |
| Other Eastern European | 131 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37077 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +86 |
| Slovak | 127 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37105 | 72 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +54 |
| Mexican | 125 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37067 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +75 |
| Other British | 116 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37074 | 57 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +59 |
| Nigerian | 112 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 379104 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bosnian | 111 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37016 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +81 |
| Jewish | 110 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37053 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +85 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37119 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +100 |
| Caribbean Islander | 96 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37021 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +51 |
| Estonian | 95 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37035 | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -17 |
| Belgian | 91 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37014 | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Lithuanian | 90 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37061 | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +25 |
| Other South-East Asian | 83 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +76 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 72 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37088 | 66 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Lao | 72 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37058 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +53 |
| Other North-Western European | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +46 |
| Sudanese | 68 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37110 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +45 |
| Other Polynesian | 66 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37084 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +31 |
| Bulgarian | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37018 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +40 |
| Afrikaner | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37002 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +37 |
| Other Arab peoples | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37073 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +51 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37083 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +27 |
| Hazara | 57 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 377208 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cook Islander | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37026 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +45 |
| Papua New Guinean | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37091 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Kenyan | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379205 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Central American | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37075 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +52 |
| Salvadoran | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37098 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Other Northern Asian | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37082 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +38 |
| Native American | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 378106 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Albanian | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37003 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +27 |
| Timorese | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37117 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +18 |
| South Sudanese | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 374305 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ethiopian | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37036 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Congolese | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379113 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Somali | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37107 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
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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 The Hills Shire in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (43,397 people or 22.6%)
- Australian (42,279 people or 22.0%)
- Chinese (28,145 people or 14.7%)
- Indian (17,423 people or 9.1%)
- Irish (13,267 people or 6.9%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 144,511 responses in total, or 75.31% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in The Hills Shire and West Ward were:
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (22.0% compared to 18.4%)
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (22.6% compared to 19.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Indian ancestry (9.1% compared to 12.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (14.7% compared to 17.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2006 and 2021 were:
- Chinese (+18,439 persons)
- Indian (+12,900 persons)
- English (+7,484 persons)
- Australian (-3,008 persons)