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New Beith and District

Ancestry

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The three largest ancestries in New Beith and District in 2021 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 New Beith and District 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 New Beith and District'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
New Beith and District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%Waterford West %Number%Waterford West %2016 to 2021
Not stated1602.09.61843.36.2-24
Total responses8,194----5,547----+2,646
Total people5,868----4,144----+1,723
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
New Beith and District - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%Waterford West %Number%Waterford West %2016 to 2021
English2,45941.931.41,69140.835.4+768
Australian2,29239.127.01,66540.232.2+627
Scottish5729.76.443010.48.0+142
Irish4938.46.842110.28.4+72
German3115.34.02756.75.5+35
Australian Aboriginal1522.64.840.10.6+148
Italian1382.41.3932.21.5+45
Dutch1312.21.41002.41.6+30
Hmong1242.10.11042.50.5+20
Indian1031.82.3350.81.4+68
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in New Beith and District in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • English (2,459 people or 41.9%)
  • Australian (2,292 people or 39.1%)
  • Scottish (572 people or 9.7%)
  • Irish (493 people or 8.4%)
  • German (311 people or 5.3%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 6,127 responses in total, or 104.41% of all responses.

The major differences between the ancestries of the population in New Beith and District and Waterford West were:

  • A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (39.1% compared to 27.0%)
  • A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (41.9% compared to 31.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people with Scottish ancestry (9.7% compared to 6.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people with Maori ancestry (1.3% compared to 4.9%)

Emerging groups

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

  • English (+768 persons)
  • Australian (+627 persons)
  • Australian Aboriginal (+148 persons)
  • Scottish (+142 persons)

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