Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield)
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) 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 Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) 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 Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield)'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
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| Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Casey Established % | Number | % | Casey Established % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 951 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1,053 | 3.8 | 5.0 | -103 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 28,957 | -- | -- | 27,408 | -- | -- | +1,549 | 37502 |
| Total people | 21,623 | -- | -- | 21,536 | -- | -- | +86 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Casey Established % | Number | % | Casey Established % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| English | 7,530 | 34.8 | 21.8 | 37033 | 7,811 | 36.3 | 25.8 | -282 |
| Australian | 6,465 | 29.9 | 21.4 | 37010 | 7,281 | 33.8 | 26.2 | -816 |
 Irish | 2,183 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 37050 | 2,120 | 9.8 | 6.1 | +63 |
| Scottish | 2,094 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 37100 | 2,066 | 9.6 | 6.0 | +28 |
| Italian | 1,139 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 37051 | 1,129 | 5.2 | 3.9 | +9 |
| Chinese | 1,133 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 37024 | 393 | 1.8 | 3.3 | +739 |
| German | 806 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 37041 | 824 | 3.8 | 2.7 | -18 |
| Indian | 751 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 37046 | 376 | 1.7 | 5.3 | +374 |
| Dutch | 707 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 37031 | 785 | 3.6 | 2.4 | -79 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 555 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 370131 | 385 | 1.8 | 3.7 | +170 |
| Greek | 347 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 37042 | 288 | 1.3 | 1.6 | +59 |
| Croatian | 294 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 37027 | 213 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +81 |
| Polish | 257 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 37093 | 213 | 1.0 | 1.1 | +43 |
| Filipino | 212 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 37038 | 159 | 0.7 | 1.9 | +53 |
| Maltese | 199 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 37064 | 176 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +22 |
| Serbian | 199 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 37101 | 173 | 0.8 | 1.4 | +25 |
| South African | 179 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 37108 | 206 | 1.0 | 0.7 | -28 |
| Mauritian | 169 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 37066 | 217 | 1.0 | 1.6 | -49 |
| Hungarian | 169 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 37044 | 194 | 0.9 | 0.9 | -25 |
| Welsh | 152 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 37124 | 129 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +22 |
| French | 143 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 37040 | 152 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -10 |
| Inadequately Described | 142 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 37045 | 84 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +58 |
| New Zealander | 141 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37070 | 160 | 0.7 | 0.8 | -20 |
| Tamil | 125 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 37115 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +103 |
| Romanian | 118 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 37096 | 84 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +33 |
| Afghan | 116 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 37001 | 50 | 0.2 | 2.1 | +65 |
| Spanish | 113 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37109 | 91 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +21 |
| Russian | 111 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37097 | 89 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +21 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 94 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37011 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +82 |
| Maori | 93 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 37065 | 85 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +7 |
| Chilean | 87 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37023 | 66 | 0.3 | 0.6 | +21 |
| Korean | 82 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37056 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +56 |
| Egyptian | 71 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37032 | 40 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +31 |
| Punjabi | 71 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 37095 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +64 |
| Vietnamese | 69 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 37123 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.7 | +45 |
| Austrian | 68 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37013 | 57 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +10 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 68 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 37078 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +57 |
| Lebanese | 66 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37060 | 48 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +18 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 64 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 370130 | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +44 |
| Iranian | 60 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37048 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +46 |
| Thai | 52 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37116 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +37 |
| Portuguese | 50 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37094 | 55 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -6 |
| American | 49 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37004 | 50 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -1 |
| Turkish | 48 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 37120 | 47 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +1 |
| Ukrainian | 44 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37121 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Danish | 43 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37030 | 40 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Pakistani | 43 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 37089 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +17 |
| Seychellois | 40 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37102 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +28 |
| Anglo-Indian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37005 | 45 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -8 |
| Sikh | 36 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Canadian | 34 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37020 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Macedonian | 34 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37062 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +4 |
| Samoan | 31 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 37099 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.9 | +15 |
| Swiss | 30 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37112 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Bosnian | 30 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37016 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +8 |
| Finnish | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37039 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Swedish | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37111 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Cypriot | 27 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37028 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Fijian | 26 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 37037 | 18 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +8 |
| Indonesian | 26 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37047 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -5 |
| Norwegian | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37071 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Palestinian | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37090 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Peruvian | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37092 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37079 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Czech | 22 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37029 | 31 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -10 |
| Argentinian | 22 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37007 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Albanian | 22 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37003 | 17 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +5 |
| Slovene | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37106 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Timorese | 21 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37117 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1 |
| Malay | 20 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37063 | 35 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -15 |
| Latvian | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37059 | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Other British | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37074 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Other Central Asian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37076 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +6 |
| Other North American | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Burmese peoples | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37019 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Colombian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37025 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Hazara | 18 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 377208 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Nepalese | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37069 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Japanese | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37052 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37125 | 24 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -9 |
| Sudanese | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37110 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +12 |
| Taiwanese | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37114 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Lithuanian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37061 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37088 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| South Sudanese | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 374305 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Salvadoran | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37098 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +7 |
| Other South American | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37085 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Other South-East Asian | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37086 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other Arab peoples | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37073 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other North-Western European | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37081 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Armenian | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37008 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -4 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37119 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Brazilian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37017 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Caribbean Islander | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37021 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -3 |
| Arab not further described | 11 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37006 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Belgian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37014 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37009 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Other Eastern European | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37077 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 10 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 37055 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | +4 |
| Singaporean | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37103 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Syrian | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37113 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
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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 Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (7,530 people or 34.8%)
- Australian (6,465 people or 29.9%)
- Irish (2,183 people or 10.1%)
- Scottish (2,094 people or 9.7%)
- Italian (1,139 people or 5.3%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 19,411 responses in total, or 89.77% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Berwick (Township-Beaconsfield) and Casey Established were:
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (34.8% compared to 21.8%)
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (29.9% compared to 21.4%)
- A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (10.1% compared to 5.1%)
- A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (9.7% compared to 5.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:
- Australian (-816 persons)
- Chinese (+739 persons)
- Indian (+374 persons)
- English (-282 persons)