Blacktown
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Blacktown in 2016 were Australian, English and Indian.
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 Blacktown 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 Blacktown'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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| Blacktown - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Plumpton % | Number | % | Plumpton % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Not stated | 2,752 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 2,721 | 5.5 | 4.6 | +31 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 55,846 | -- | -- | 49,437 | -- | -- | +6,409 | 37502 |
| Total people | 47,170 | -- | -- | 43,486 | -- | -- | +3,683 | |
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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| Blacktown - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Plumpton % | Number | % | Plumpton % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Australian | 8,484 | 18.0 | 17.6 | 37010 | 9,201 | 21.2 | 18.9 | -717 |
| English | 8,033 | 17.0 | 14.3 | 37033 | 7,979 | 18.4 | 14.8 | +53 |
 Indian | 7,488 | 15.9 | 10.0 | 37046 | 4,589 | 10.6 | 7.5 | +2,899 |
| Filipino | 3,297 | 7.0 | 23.3 | 37038 | 2,749 | 6.3 | 24.0 | +547 |
| Chinese | 2,414 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 37024 | 2,015 | 4.6 | 2.0 | +399 |
| Irish | 2,366 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 37050 | 2,269 | 5.2 | 3.2 | +97 |
| Scottish | 1,750 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 37100 | 1,620 | 3.7 | 2.8 | +129 |
| Italian | 1,178 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 37051 | 1,203 | 2.8 | 1.4 | -26 |
| Maltese | 1,111 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 37064 | 1,034 | 2.4 | 2.7 | +77 |
| Lebanese | 1,044 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 37060 | 1,003 | 2.3 | 0.7 | +40 |
| German | 924 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 37041 | 849 | 2.0 | 1.7 | +75 |
| Punjabi | 785 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 37095 | 285 | 0.7 | 0.3 | +499 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 775 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 37078 | 534 | 1.2 | 0.8 | +240 |
| Fijian | 711 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 37037 | 579 | 1.3 | 3.3 | +132 |
| Greek | 708 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 37042 | 673 | 1.5 | 0.5 | +34 |
| Afghan | 617 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 37001 | 426 | 1.0 | 1.3 | +190 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 592 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 370131 | 374 | 0.9 | 0.6 | +217 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 555 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 370130 | 448 | 1.0 | 0.9 | +107 |
| Pakistani | 545 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 37089 | 351 | 0.8 | 3.5 | +194 |
| Maori | 534 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 37065 | 532 | 1.2 | 0.9 | +2 |
| Nepalese | 515 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 37069 | 278 | 0.6 | 0.1 | +237 |
| Croatian | 508 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 37027 | 554 | 1.3 | 0.8 | -46 |
| Inadequately Described | 471 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 37045 | 341 | 0.8 | 1.0 | +130 |
| Samoan | 470 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 37099 | 321 | 0.7 | 2.3 | +148 |
| Korean | 437 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 37056 | 411 | 0.9 | 0.1 | +25 |
| Turkish | 412 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 37120 | 403 | 0.9 | 0.9 | +8 |
| Egyptian | 405 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 37032 | 404 | 0.9 | 0.7 | +1 |
| Serbian | 404 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 37101 | 513 | 1.2 | 0.5 | -110 |
| Tamil | 392 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 37115 | 233 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +159 |
| Spanish | 371 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 37109 | 261 | 0.6 | 1.3 | +109 |
| Dutch | 351 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 37031 | 460 | 1.1 | 0.7 | -110 |
| Tongan | 341 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 37118 | 256 | 0.6 | 1.5 | +85 |
| Polish | 304 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 37093 | 366 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -62 |
| Iranian | 275 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 37048 | 203 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +71 |
| Kurdish | 262 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 37057 | 219 | 0.5 | 0.1 | +43 |
| New Zealander | 260 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 37070 | 232 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +27 |
| Central and West African | 233 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37022 | 251 | 0.6 | 0.3 | -19 |
| Burmese peoples | 211 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37019 | 207 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +4 |
| Vietnamese | 189 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 37123 | 152 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +36 |
| Hungarian | 183 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37044 | 227 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -44 |
| Syrian | 174 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 37113 | 139 | 0.3 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Indonesian | 171 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 37047 | 137 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +34 |
| Bosnian | 158 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 37016 | 169 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -12 |
| Arab not further described | 146 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37006 | 139 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +6 |
| Other Central Asian | 145 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37076 | 85 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +59 |
| Russian | 144 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37097 | 161 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -17 |
| Portuguese | 132 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 37094 | 98 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +34 |
| Chilean | 130 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37023 | 106 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +23 |
| French | 129 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37040 | 120 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +9 |
| Cook Islander | 120 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 37026 | 74 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +46 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 120 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37011 | 110 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +10 |
| Palestinian | 116 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37090 | 79 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +36 |
| Thai | 114 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37116 | 91 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Welsh | 106 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37124 | 115 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -9 |
| Other Polynesian | 106 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37084 | 56 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +50 |
| South African | 103 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37108 | 79 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +24 |
| Malay | 103 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37063 | 67 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +35 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 98 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37083 | 37 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +61 |
| Ukrainian | 84 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37121 | 97 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -13 |
| Mauritian | 82 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37066 | 82 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Romanian | 74 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37096 | 75 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -2 |
| Other Southern and East African | 72 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37087 | 58 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Iraqi | 70 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 37049 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +36 |
| American | 70 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37004 | 83 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -13 |
| Cypriot | 70 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37028 | 50 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Danish | 62 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37030 | 71 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -9 |
| Peruvian | 62 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37092 | 60 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Austrian | 59 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37013 | 52 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 57 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37009 | 60 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -3 |
| Other South-East Asian | 56 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37086 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +37 |
| Jordanian | 54 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37054 | 50 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +3 |
| Macedonian | 50 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37062 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -4 |
| Other South American | 50 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37085 | 56 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -6 |
| Slovene | 50 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37106 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 45 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37055 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Armenian | 45 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37008 | 46 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Czech | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37029 | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Ethiopian | 42 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37036 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +8 |
| Japanese | 42 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37052 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37079 | 39 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Colombian | 33 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37025 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Uruguayan | 31 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37122 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Swiss | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37112 | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +4 |
| Other North American | 28 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +18 |
| Other British | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37074 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Other Eastern European | 25 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37077 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Swedish | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37111 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Norwegian | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37071 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Lithuanian | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37061 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Latvian | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37059 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -3 |
| Finnish | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37039 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -6 |
| Taiwanese | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37114 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Salvadoran | 19 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37098 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +7 |
| Australian South Sea Islander | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37012 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +19 |
| Canadian | 19 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37020 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -7 |
| Argentinian | 17 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37007 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -11 |
| Albanian | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37003 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Other Arab peoples | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37073 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Zimbabwean | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37125 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Papua New Guinean | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37091 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Brazilian | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37017 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Other North-Western European | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37081 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lao | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37058 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Anglo-Indian | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37005 | 29 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -17 |
| Belgian | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37014 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -5 |
| Eritrean | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37034 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Somali | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37107 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Slovak | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37105 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Caribbean Islander | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37021 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -5 |
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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 Blacktown in 2016 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- Australian (8,484 people or 18.0%)
- English (8,033 people or 17.0%)
- Indian (7,488 people or 15.9%)
- Filipino (3,297 people or 7.0%)
- Chinese (2,414 people or 5.1%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 29,716 responses in total, or 63.00% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Blacktown and Plumpton were:
- A larger percentage of people with Indian ancestry (15.9% compared to 10.0%)
- A larger percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (5.1% compared to 2.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Filipino ancestry (7.0% compared to 23.3%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Pakistani ancestry (1.2% compared to 4.5%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- Indian (+2,899 persons)
- Australian (-717 persons)
- Filipino (+547 persons)
- Punjabi (+499 persons)