Greater Hobart
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Greater Hobart 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 Greater Hobart 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 Greater Hobart'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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| Greater Hobart - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Victoria % | Number | % | Victoria % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 13,717 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 12,560 | 4.7 | 5.3 | +1,157 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 288,304 | -- | -- | 265,049 | -- | -- | +23,255 | 37502 |
| Total people | 222,349 | -- | -- | 211,674 | -- | -- | +10,675 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Greater Hobart - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Victoria % | Number | % | Victoria % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| English | 98,766 | 44.4 | 29.9 | 37033 | 91,361 | 43.2 | 30.2 | +7,405 |
| Australian | 90,922 | 40.9 | 27.9 | 37010 | 89,426 | 42.2 | 30.0 | +1,496 |
| Irish | 26,378 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 37050 | 22,705 | 10.7 | 9.8 | +3,673 |
| Scottish | 21,098 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 37100 | 18,335 | 8.7 | 8.2 | +2,763 |
| German | 8,505 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 37041 | 7,543 | 3.6 | 3.4 | +962 |
| Chinese | 4,778 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 37024 | 3,238 | 1.5 | 4.8 | +1,540 |
| Dutch | 4,259 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 37031 | 4,206 | 2.0 | 1.8 | +53 |
| Italian | 4,020 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 37051 | 3,586 | 1.7 | 6.1 | +434 |
| Polish | 2,192 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37093 | 2,132 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +60 |
| Greek | 1,788 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 37042 | 1,629 | 0.8 | 3.0 | +159 |
| Indian | 1,785 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 37046 | 1,185 | 0.6 | 2.5 | +600 |
| Welsh | 1,430 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37124 | 1,225 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +205 |
| New Zealander | 1,142 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 37070 | 1,138 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +4 |
| French | 1,045 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 37040 | 839 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +206 |
| Inadequately Described | 970 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37045 | 611 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +359 |
| Filipino | 964 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 37038 | 771 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +193 |
| American | 670 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37004 | 672 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -2 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 651 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37011 | 431 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +220 |
| Croatian | 637 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37027 | 606 | 0.3 | 0.8 | +31 |
| Nepalese | 633 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37069 | 85 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +548 |
| Spanish | 597 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37109 | 477 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +120 |
| Danish | 546 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37030 | 529 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +17 |
| South African | 543 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37108 | 595 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -52 |
| Hungarian | 496 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37044 | 447 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +49 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 492 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37078 | 291 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +201 |
| Austrian | 458 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37013 | 428 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +30 |
| Russian | 436 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37097 | 402 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +34 |
| Korean | 430 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37056 | 382 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +48 |
| Swiss | 421 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37112 | 410 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Maori | 414 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37065 | 454 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -40 |
| Canadian | 403 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37020 | 338 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +65 |
| Japanese | 398 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37052 | 316 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +82 |
| Swedish | 398 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37111 | 347 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +51 |
| Ukrainian | 360 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37121 | 319 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +41 |
| Thai | 356 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37116 | 263 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +93 |
| Serbian | 334 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 37101 | 316 | 0.1 | 0.6 | +18 |
| Ethiopian | 310 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37036 | 203 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +107 |
| Vietnamese | 309 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 37123 | 199 | 0.1 | 1.5 | +110 |
| Czech | 288 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37029 | 254 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +34 |
| Maltese | 277 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 37064 | 221 | 0.1 | 1.3 | +56 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 268 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 370131 | 181 | 0.1 | 1.0 | +87 |
| Norwegian | 259 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37071 | 224 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +35 |
| Finnish | 254 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37039 | 206 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +48 |
| Afghan | 248 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37001 | 59 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +189 |
| Malay | 241 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37063 | 247 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Lithuanian | 229 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37061 | 218 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Iranian | 208 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37048 | 152 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +56 |
| Burmese peoples | 203 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37019 | 187 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Latvian | 198 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 216 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -18 |
| Lebanese | 198 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 37060 | 176 | 0.1 | 0.8 | +22 |
| Indonesian | 189 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37047 | 142 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +47 |
| Portuguese | 186 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37094 | 162 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +24 |
| Pakistani | 183 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37089 | 89 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +94 |
| Central and West African | 179 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37022 | 256 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -77 |
| Chilean | 161 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37023 | 176 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -15 |
| Other Southern and East African | 157 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37087 | 212 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -55 |
| Other North-Western European | 150 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37081 | 71 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +79 |
| Syrian | 145 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37113 | 112 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +33 |
| Slovene | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 142 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Sudanese | 137 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37110 | 260 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -123 |
| Other British | 136 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37074 | 83 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +53 |
| Estonian | 134 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37035 | 109 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +25 |
| Punjabi | 130 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37095 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +97 |
| Fijian | 127 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37037 | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Arab not further described | 105 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37006 | 139 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -34 |
| Samoan | 95 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37099 | 87 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +8 |
| Belgian | 91 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37014 | 69 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Turkish | 88 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 37120 | 80 | 0.0 | 0.7 | +8 |
| Jewish | 87 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37053 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +33 |
| Romanian | 86 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37096 | 72 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Cypriot | 85 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37028 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +29 |
| Other Eastern European | 80 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37077 | 70 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Bosnian | 77 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37016 | 72 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Egyptian | 76 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37032 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +13 |
| Salvadoran | 75 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37098 | 107 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -32 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 75 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 370130 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +43 |
| Eritrean | 74 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37034 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +52 |
| Other Central Asian | 74 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37076 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +57 |
| Other Arab peoples | 74 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37073 | 122 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -48 |
| South Sudanese | 70 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 374305 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Zimbabwean | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37125 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Hmong | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37043 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Caribbean Islander | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37021 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Papua New Guinean | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37091 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Slovak | 56 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37105 | 51 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Taiwanese | 56 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37114 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +47 |
| Other North American | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37080 | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other South American | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37085 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Brazilian | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37017 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Iraqi | 52 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37049 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +30 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 50 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37079 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37088 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Peruvian | 50 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37092 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Colombian | 49 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37025 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Afrikaner | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37002 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Tongan | 46 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37118 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Albanian | 45 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37003 | 61 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -16 |
| Macedonian | 43 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 37062 | 40 | 0.0 | 0.8 | +3 |
| Mauritian | 43 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37066 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +17 |
| Singaporean | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Mexican | 40 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37067 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Argentinian | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37007 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Native American (Indian) | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37068 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Other Polynesian | 35 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37084 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Tamil | 33 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37115 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Cook Islander | 33 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37026 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Kurdish | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37057 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Other Northern Asian | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37082 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37119 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37083 | 42 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -14 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 27 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37055 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +5 |
| Bulgarian | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37018 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Other Sudanese peoples | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 370129 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Somali | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37107 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +9 |
| Lao | 19 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37058 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Armenian | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37008 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Other South-East Asian | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37086 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +5 |
| Australian South Sea Islander | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37012 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Anglo-Indian | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37005 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Palestinian | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37090 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Uruguayan | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37122 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -3 |
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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 Greater Hobart in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (98,766 people or 44.4%)
- Australian (90,922 people or 40.9%)
- Irish (26,378 people or 11.9%)
- Scottish (21,098 people or 9.5%)
- German (8,505 people or 3.8%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 245,669 responses in total, or 110.49% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Greater Hobart and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (44.4% compared to 29.9%)
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (40.9% compared to 27.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Italian ancestry (1.8% compared to 6.0%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (2.1% compared to 6.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- English (+7,405 persons)
- Irish (+3,673 persons)
- Scottish (+2,763 persons)
- Chinese (+1,540 persons)