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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.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's ancestry?'

Multi-response

Ancestry - Totals
The Hills Shire - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2001 to 2021
Not stated5,8462.44.75,1493.86.6+697
Total responses246,434----133,857----+112,576
Total people191,879----112,947----+78,931
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2001 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Ancestry - Ranked by size
The Hills Shire - Total persons (Usual residence)20212001Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Sydney %Number%Greater Sydney %2001 to 2021
English43,39722.623.836,78032.627.6+6,616
Australian42,27922.022.338,52234.128.8+3,757
Chinese28,14514.710.67,3516.56.3+20,794
Indian17,4239.14.52,5162.21.7+14,906
Irish13,2676.97.711,1269.99.3+2,140
Scottish11,2445.96.03,1882.82.5+8,056
Italian8,7454.64.35,7175.14.2+3,028
Filipino5,4102.82.51,3981.21.5+4,011
Korean4,5922.41.31,1251.00.8+3,466
German4,4092.32.33,2332.92.5+1,176
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

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 Greater Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Indian ancestry (9.1% compared to 4.5%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (14.7% compared to 10.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Iranian ancestry (2.0% compared to 0.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Vietnamese ancestry (0.6% compared to 2.3%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2001 and 2021 were:

  • Chinese (+20,794 persons)
  • Indian (+14,906 persons)
  • Scottish (+8,056 persons)
  • English (+6,616 persons)

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