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Old Bar - Wallabi point

Ancestry

The three largest ancestries in Old Bar - Wallabi point in 2021 were Australian, English 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 Old Bar - Wallabi point 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 Old Bar - Wallabi point'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
Old Bar - Wallabi point - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Ancestry totalsNumber%MidCoast Council area %Number%MidCoast Council area %2016 to 2021
Not stated4795.85.43144.85.6+165
Total responses8,199----6,604----+1,595
Total people6,164----5,146----+1,018
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
Old Bar - Wallabi point - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
AncestryNumber%MidCoast Council area %Number%MidCoast Council area %2016 to 2021
Australian2,64042.842.42,42747.245.1+213
English2,60242.243.92,19842.744.1+404
Irish71911.711.058311.310.9+136
Scottish66210.710.851310.010.6+149
Australian Aboriginal4016.56.7400.81.0+361
German2714.43.81983.83.9+73
Italian1212.01.7851.71.5+36
Dutch871.41.2811.61.2+6
New Zealander520.80.5350.70.5+17
Maltese470.80.6360.70.6+11
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).

Dominant groups

Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in Old Bar - Wallabi point in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:

  • Australian (2,640 people or 42.8%)
  • English (2,602 people or 42.2%)
  • Irish (719 people or 11.7%)
  • Scottish (662 people or 10.7%)
  • Australian Aboriginal (401 people or 6.5%)

In combination these five ancestries account for 7,024 responses in total, or 113.95% of all responses.

The major difference between the ancestries of the population in Old Bar - Wallabi point and MidCoast Council area was:

  • A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (42.2% compared to 43.9%)

Emerging groups

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

  • English (+404 persons)
  • Australian Aboriginal (+361 persons)
  • Australian (+213 persons)
  • Scottish (+149 persons)

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