The three largest ancestries in Bayside Council area in 2021 were Chinese, English and Australian.
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 Bayside Council area 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 Bayside Council area'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
Dominant groups
Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Bayside Council area in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Chinese (26,003 people or 14.8%)
- English (25,018 people or 14.3%)
- Australian (24,610 people or 14.0%)
- Greek (14,583 people or 8.3%)
- Irish (10,721 people or 6.1%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 100,935 responses in total, or 57.62% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Bayside Council area and SSROC region were:
- A larger percentage of people with Greek ancestry (8.3% compared to 4.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (14.3% compared to 22.0%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Australian ancestry (14.0% compared to 19.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Irish ancestry (6.1% compared to 8.6%)