Campbelltown
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown'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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| Campbelltown - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Minto % | Number | % | Minto % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 1,348 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 748 | 5.9 | 7.4 | +600 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 20,926 | -- | -- | 12,734 | -- | -- | +8,192 | 37502 |
| Total people | 16,586 | -- | -- | 10,407 | -- | -- | +6,179 | |
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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| Campbelltown - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Minto % | Number | % | Minto % | 2011 to 2021 | |
| English | 4,103 | 24.7 | 16.0 | 37033 | 3,295 | 31.7 | 22.3 | +808 |
| Australian | 3,976 | 24.0 | 17.9 | 37010 | 3,508 | 33.7 | 25.3 | +468 |
 Irish | 1,147 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 37050 | 971 | 9.3 | 5.4 | +176 |
| Scottish | 963 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 37100 | 751 | 7.2 | 4.5 | +212 |
| Filipino | 820 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 37038 | 319 | 3.1 | 4.2 | +501 |
| Indian | 775 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 37046 | 214 | 2.1 | 5.8 | +561 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 703 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 37011 | 23 | 0.2 | 0.5 | +680 |
| Chinese | 585 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 37024 | 267 | 2.6 | 2.4 | +318 |
| Samoan | 522 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 37099 | 165 | 1.6 | 3.4 | +357 |
| German | 431 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 37041 | 311 | 3.0 | 2.1 | +120 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 393 | 2.4 | 12.1 | 370130 | 30 | 0.3 | 7.8 | +363 |
| Italian | 367 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 37051 | 248 | 2.4 | 1.7 | +119 |
| Nepalese | 340 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 37069 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +325 |
| Pakistani | 304 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 37089 | 22 | 0.2 | 1.4 | +282 |
| Lebanese | 280 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 37060 | 167 | 1.6 | 1.3 | +113 |
| Maori | 231 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 37065 | 107 | 1.0 | 1.6 | +124 |
| Fijian | 201 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 37037 | 53 | 0.5 | 1.6 | +148 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 182 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 370131 | 47 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +135 |
| Greek | 169 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 37042 | 86 | 0.8 | 0.8 | +83 |
| Inadequately Described | 169 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 37045 | 54 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +115 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 157 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 37078 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.8 | +142 |
| Vietnamese | 155 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 37123 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.8 | +117 |
| Tongan | 154 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 37118 | 27 | 0.3 | 0.9 | +127 |
| South African | 144 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 37108 | 111 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +33 |
| Spanish | 142 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 37109 | 99 | 1.0 | 0.9 | +43 |
| Maltese | 142 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 37064 | 118 | 1.1 | 0.8 | +24 |
| Dutch | 136 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 37031 | 101 | 1.0 | 1.3 | +35 |
| New Zealander | 128 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 37070 | 93 | 0.9 | 1.0 | +35 |
| Indonesian | 113 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 37047 | 59 | 0.6 | 0.2 | +54 |
| Arab not further described | 108 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 37006 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +90 |
| Thai | 108 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 37116 | 48 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +60 |
| Iraqi | 102 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 37049 | 132 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -30 |
| Chilean | 99 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 37023 | 51 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +48 |
| Polish | 95 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37093 | 85 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +10 |
| Punjabi | 91 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 37095 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +77 |
| Lao | 86 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37058 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +65 |
| Croatian | 85 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37027 | 39 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +46 |
| Russian | 83 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 37097 | 34 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +49 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 75 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 37055 | 23 | 0.2 | 1.3 | +52 |
| Portuguese | 74 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37094 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +46 |
| Egyptian | 74 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 37032 | 47 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +27 |
| Syrian | 72 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37113 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +62 |
| Serbian | 69 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 37101 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.4 | +24 |
| French | 60 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37040 | 62 | 0.6 | 0.4 | -2 |
| Afghan | 60 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37001 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +40 |
| Hungarian | 56 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37044 | 30 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +26 |
| Welsh | 56 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37124 | 70 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -14 |
| Tamil | 54 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37115 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +35 |
| Macedonian | 53 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37062 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +37 |
| Other South American | 49 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37085 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +32 |
| Malay | 45 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 37063 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Mauritian | 45 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 37066 | 38 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +7 |
| Turkish | 45 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37120 | 18 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +27 |
| Cook Islander | 44 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 37026 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.6 | +22 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 40 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37079 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Korean | 39 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37056 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +19 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 39 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37119 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +39 |
| Other Polynesian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37084 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +20 |
| Palestinian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37090 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +33 |
| Iranian | 37 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37048 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +30 |
| Ukrainian | 36 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37121 | 32 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 35 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37009 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +25 |
| American | 34 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37004 | 22 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +12 |
| Peruvian | 33 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 37092 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Bosnian | 32 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37016 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +26 |
| Japanese | 32 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37052 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Argentinian | 31 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37007 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +17 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 31 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37083 | 32 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -1 |
| Other Northern Asian | 28 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37082 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +28 |
| Other North American | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37080 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Other Southern and East African | 23 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37087 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Hazara | 22 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 377208 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Sikh | 21 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Arab peoples | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37073 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +8 |
| Cypriot | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37028 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +15 |
| Finnish | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37039 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Salvadoran | 20 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37098 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +14 |
| Brazilian | 19 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37017 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +13 |
| Nigerian | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 379104 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Taiwanese | 19 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37114 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Czech | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37029 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Romanian | 18 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37096 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +15 |
| Latvian | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37059 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Sudanese | 17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37110 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +17 |
| Central and West African (other) | 17 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 370132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kenyan | 16 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 379205 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Central Asian | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37076 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Colombian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37025 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Austrian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37013 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +3 |
| Uruguayan | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37122 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Danish | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37030 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Bulgarian | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37018 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Other South-East Asian | 13 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37086 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Other British | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37074 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +12 |
| Swiss | 12 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37112 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Swedish | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37111 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Congolese | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 379113 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| South Sudanese | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 374305 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Zimbabwean | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37125 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Other Eastern European | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37077 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +11 |
| Papua New Guinean | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37091 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Ethiopian | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37036 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Other Central American | 10 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37075 | 7 | 0.1 | 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 Campbelltown in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (4,103 people or 24.7%)
- Australian (3,976 people or 24.0%)
- Irish (1,147 people or 6.9%)
- Scottish (963 people or 5.8%)
- Filipino (820 people or 4.9%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 11,009 responses in total, or 66.38% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in Campbelltown and Minto were:
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (24.7% compared to 16.0%)
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (24.0% compared to 17.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Bengali/Bangladeshi ancestry (2.4% compared to 12.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Nepalese ancestry (2.0% compared to 6.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2021 were:
- English (+808 persons)
- Australian Aboriginal (+680 persons)
- Indian (+561 persons)
- Filipino (+501 persons)