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The three largest ancestries in the City of Yarra 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 the City of Yarra 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 Yarra'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 Yarra - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
Not stated5,3054.24.28,1087.25.0-2,803
Total responses126,238----112,772----+13,466
Total people90,111----86,662----+3,449
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 Yarra - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Greater Melbourne %Number%Greater Melbourne %2016 to 2021
English30,53933.925.627,47631.726.6+3,063
Australian22,31524.823.420,09823.224.0+2,217
Irish14,22115.88.313,07515.19.1+1,146
Scottish10,77212.07.19,30710.77.3+1,465
Italian5,9126.66.65,1646.06.7+748
Chinese5,5096.18.35,4456.37.9+64
German3,8044.22.93,4454.03.0+359
Greek3,4483.83.53,3143.83.6+134
Vietnamese3,0633.42.43,3403.92.4-277
Dutch1,6351.81.51,3241.51.5+311
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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 Yarra in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • English (30,539 people or 33.9%)
  • Australian (22,315 people or 24.8%)
  • Irish (14,221 people or 15.8%)
  • Scottish (10,772 people or 12.0%)
  • Italian (5,912 people or 6.6%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 83,759 responses in total, or 92.95% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Yarra and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (33.9% compared to 25.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (15.8% compared to 8.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (12.0% compared to 7.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Indian ancestry (1.6% compared to 5.3%)

Emerging groups

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

  • English (+3,063 persons)
  • Australian (+2,217 persons)
  • Scottish (+1,465 persons)
  • Irish (+1,146 persons)

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