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The three largest ancestries in City of Onkaparinga in 2016 were English, Australian and Scottish.

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 City of Onkaparinga 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 City of Onkaparinga'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
City of Onkaparinga - Total persons (Usual residence)20162011Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %2011 to 2016
Not stated8,9384.13.77,5393.74.5+1,399
Total responses219,643----204,269----+15,374

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

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Ancestry - Ranked by size
City of Onkaparinga - Total persons (Usual residence)20162011Change
AncestryNumber%City of Unley %Number%City of Unley %2011 to 2016
English79,72947.836.974,97547.035.8+4,754
Australian62,58037.529.361,30838.431.0+1,272
Scottish16,0829.610.114,4779.19.3+1,605
Irish14,4968.710.312,2087.69.7+2,288
German12,0407.27.711,3197.17.6+721
Italian4,4872.76.04,1202.65.9+367
Dutch3,6952.21.23,7452.31.3-50
Polish1,8861.11.21,7981.11.1+88
Welsh1,7281.00.81,4670.90.8+261
Chinese1,7221.06.01,1830.74.4+539
Greek1,5840.95.41,5080.96.0+76
Indian1,3690.82.48250.51.8+544
Filipino1,3490.80.49840.60.3+365
New Zealander9810.60.48520.50.5+129
French8520.50.77210.50.5+131
South African7380.40.36430.40.3+95
Inadequately Described6690.40.44250.30.3+244
Maltese6080.40.36540.40.3-46
Serbian6010.40.35780.40.3+23
Hungarian5900.40.45610.40.4+29
Croatian5890.40.54900.30.5+99
Lebanese5220.30.44880.30.5+34
Spanish5160.30.34130.30.3+103
Maori4950.30.15370.30.1-42
American4560.30.44310.30.3+25
Russian4330.30.43440.20.4+89
Austrian3830.20.33660.20.3+17
Australian Aboriginal3810.20.13260.20.1+55
Ukrainian3520.20.52850.20.4+67
Danish3420.20.33360.20.3+6
Swedish3280.20.22860.20.2+42
Iranian3160.20.42740.20.4+42
Latvian2810.20.42600.20.4+21
Pakistani2600.20.21700.10.1+90
Canadian2590.20.22380.10.2+21
Indonesian2260.10.21720.10.2+54
Czech2220.10.22150.10.2+7
Thai2170.10.21500.10.2+67
Vietnamese2040.10.51320.10.4+72
Sinhalese/Sri Lankan1950.10.51530.10.3+42
Norwegian1860.10.12010.10.1-15
Korean1760.10.51340.10.6+42
Swiss1740.10.21310.10.2+43
Portuguese1740.10.11080.10.1+66
Cypriot1560.10.31330.10.2+23
Finnish1510.10.11470.10.1+4
Japanese1500.10.41170.10.3+33
Other British1450.10.1810.10.1+64
Romanian1370.10.11390.10.1-2
Malay1360.10.2670.00.2+69
Egyptian1300.10.1960.10.1+34
Other Southern and East African1280.10.11030.10.1+25
Lithuanian1270.10.21380.10.2-11
Slovene1230.10.1990.10.0+24
Slovak1180.10.11330.10.0-15
Belgian1170.10.11170.10.10
Fijian1090.10.1830.10.1+26
Other Eastern European1090.10.1670.00.1+42
Chilean1050.10.0830.10.0+22
Estonian800.00.1960.10.1-16
Other Indian subcontinent780.00.2240.00.1+54
Zimbabwean760.00.1430.00.0+33
Bosnian750.00.1470.00.1+28
Macedonian720.00.1660.00.1+6
Other North-Western European710.00.0450.00.1+26
Central and West African710.00.1660.00.1+5
Papua New Guinean710.00.0680.00.0+3
Other North American680.00.0360.00.0+32
Anglo-Indian660.00.0760.00.0-10
Caribbean Islander640.00.0550.00.0+9
Other Middle-Eastern peoples610.00.1370.00.0+24
Turkish580.00.1510.00.1+7
Brazilian550.00.1360.00.0+19
Salvadoran540.00.0400.00.0+14
Punjabi500.00.1110.00.0+39
Afrikaner440.00.0230.00.0+21
Iraqi430.00.0550.00.1-12
Jewish420.00.1280.00.1+14
Colombian420.00.1190.00.1+23
Samoan420.00.0310.00.0+11
Albanian410.00.0180.00.0+23
Burmese peoples410.00.0270.00.0+14
Arab not further described400.00.1400.00.10
Other South American400.00.1520.00.1-12
Khmer (Cambodian)370.00.1270.00.1+10
Nepalese370.00.3100.00.2+27
Mexican370.00.0300.00.1+7
Mauritian330.00.0260.00.0+7
Syrian330.00.0190.00.1+14
Bengali/Bangladeshi310.00.3110.00.1+20
Other Southern/South East European290.00.0--------
Native American (Indian)290.00.0200.00.0+9
Bulgarian290.00.1280.00.0+1
Jordanian280.00.0180.00.0+10
Other Central Asian270.00.060.00.0+21
Other Arab peoples250.00.1150.00.0+10
Argentinian250.00.0240.00.0+1
Armenian240.00.0150.00.0+9
Afghan220.00.0220.00.10
Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia)220.00.0400.00.0-18
Peruvian220.00.0100.00.0+12
Tamil210.00.050.00.0+16
Other Northern Asian210.00.0260.00.0-5
Cook Islander200.00.0140.00.0+6
Kurdish190.00.0160.00.0+3
Palestinian180.00.0120.00.0+6
Tongan170.00.0250.00.0-8
Australian South Sea Islander170.00.080.00.0+9
Uruguayan150.00.0170.00.0-2
Sudanese150.00.0170.00.0-2
Assyrian/Chaldean140.00.060.00.0+8
South Sudanese130.00.000.00.0+13
Other Polynesian120.00.0120.00.00
Singaporean110.00.080.00.0+3
Taiwanese110.00.1120.00.0-1
Torres Strait Islander110.00.050.00.0+6
Ethiopian110.00.1130.00.0-2
Lao100.00.090.00.0+1
Other South-East Asian100.00.0210.00.0-11
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Ancestry, 2016
Ancestry, 2016 English, City of Unley: 36.9% Australian, City of Unley: 29.3% Scottish, City of Unley: 10.1% Irish, City of Unley: 10.3% German, City of Unley: 7.7% Italian, City of Unley: 6.0% Dutch, City of Unley: 1.2% Polish, City of Unley: 1.2% Welsh, City of Unley: 0.8% Chinese, City of Unley: 6.0% English, City of Onkaparinga: 47.8% Australian, City of Onkaparinga: 37.5% Scottish, City of Onkaparinga: 9.6% Irish, City of Onkaparinga: 8.7% German, City of Onkaparinga: 7.2% Italian, City of Onkaparinga: 2.7% Dutch, City of Onkaparinga: 2.2% Polish, City of Onkaparinga: 1.1% Welsh, City of Onkaparinga: 1.0% Chinese, City of Onkaparinga: 1.0%
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Change in ancestry, 2011 to 2016
Change in ancestry, 2011 to 2016 English, City of Onkaparinga: +4,754 Australian, City of Onkaparinga: +1,272 Scottish, City of Onkaparinga: +1,605 Irish, City of Onkaparinga: +2,288 German, City of Onkaparinga: +721 Italian, City of Onkaparinga: +367 Dutch, City of Onkaparinga: -50 Polish, City of Onkaparinga: +88 Welsh, City of Onkaparinga: +261 Chinese, City of Onkaparinga: +539
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 and 2016 (Usual residence data)
Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in City of Onkaparinga in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • English (79,729 people or 47.8%)
  • Australian (62,580 people or 37.5%)
  • Scottish (16,082 people or 9.6%)
  • Irish (14,496 people or 8.7%)
  • German (12,040 people or 7.2%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 184,927 responses in total, or 110.89% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in City of Onkaparinga and City of Unley were:

  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (47.8% compared to 36.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (37.5% compared to 29.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (1.0% compared to 6.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Greek ancestry (0.9% compared to 5.4%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:

  • English (+4,754 persons)
  • Irish (+2,288 persons)
  • Scottish (+1,605 persons)
  • Australian (+1,272 persons)

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