Northern Beaches Council area
Ancestry
The three largest ancestries in the Northern Beaches Council area 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 the Northern Beaches 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 the Northern Beaches 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.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the person's ancestry?'
Multi-response
Total population
| Ancestry - Totals | ||||||||
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| Northern Beaches Council area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Not stated | 9,882 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 16,284 | 5.8 | 7.9 | -6,402 | 37500 |
| Total responses | 369,849 | -- | -- | 280,039 | -- | -- | +89,810 | 37502 |
| Total people | 263,561 | -- | -- | 224,283 | -- | -- | +39,278 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Ancestry - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Northern Beaches Council area - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Ancestry | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | Number | % | Greater Sydney % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| English | 108,673 | 41.2 | 23.8 | 37033 | 81,786 | 36.5 | 24.6 | +26,887 |
| Australian | 81,886 | 31.1 | 22.3 | 37010 | 83,117 | 37.1 | 29.5 | -1,232 |
 Irish | 32,971 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 37050 | 23,908 | 10.7 | 7.9 | +9,062 |
| Scottish | 28,545 | 10.8 | 6.0 | 37100 | 19,641 | 8.8 | 5.9 | +8,904 |
| Italian | 14,565 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 37051 | 9,653 | 4.3 | 4.2 | +4,912 |
| German | 10,906 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 37041 | 7,587 | 3.4 | 2.5 | +3,319 |
| Chinese | 9,035 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 37024 | 5,728 | 2.6 | 7.1 | +3,307 |
| Dutch | 5,303 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 37031 | 4,228 | 1.9 | 1.0 | +1,075 |
| French | 3,930 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 37040 | 2,139 | 1.0 | 0.6 | +1,791 |
| New Zealander | 3,378 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 37070 | 3,047 | 1.4 | 0.8 | +331 |
| South African | 3,240 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 37108 | 1,742 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +1,498 |
| Greek | 2,934 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 37042 | 2,245 | 1.0 | 2.7 | +689 |
| Filipino | 2,734 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 37038 | 1,422 | 0.6 | 1.6 | +1,311 |
| Welsh | 2,728 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 37124 | 1,780 | 0.8 | 0.5 | +948 |
| Indian | 2,626 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 37046 | 1,226 | 0.5 | 2.2 | +1,400 |
| Croatian | 2,495 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 37027 | 1,846 | 0.8 | 0.8 | +649 |
| Polish | 2,420 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 37093 | 1,279 | 0.6 | 0.8 | +1,141 |
| Brazilian | 2,365 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 37017 | 502 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1,863 |
| Spanish | 2,270 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 37109 | 993 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +1,276 |
| Serbian | 2,130 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 37101 | 1,744 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +386 |
| Armenian | 1,887 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 37008 | 1,645 | 0.7 | 0.3 | +242 |
| American | 1,840 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 37004 | 1,518 | 0.7 | 0.3 | +322 |
| Australian Aboriginal | 1,753 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 37011 | 83 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +1,670 |
| Japanese | 1,655 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 37052 | 1,178 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +476 |
| Russian | 1,512 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 37097 | 888 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +623 |
| Swedish | 1,444 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 37111 | 823 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +621 |
| Portuguese | 1,311 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 37094 | 460 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +851 |
| Canadian | 1,268 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 37020 | 794 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +474 |
| Hungarian | 1,200 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 37044 | 804 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +395 |
| Inadequately Described | 1,193 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 37045 | 433 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +760 |
| Danish | 1,191 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 37030 | 824 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +367 |
| Maori | 1,132 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 37065 | 1,066 | 0.5 | 0.6 | +66 |
| Maltese | 1,117 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 37064 | 643 | 0.3 | 1.3 | +473 |
| Lebanese | 1,070 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 37060 | 664 | 0.3 | 3.1 | +406 |
| Nepalese | 1,047 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 37069 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +1,002 |
| Korean | 1,037 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 37056 | 911 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +126 |
| Thai | 1,032 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 37116 | 499 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +533 |
| Austrian | 952 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37013 | 702 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +250 |
| Czech | 939 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 37029 | 475 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +463 |
| Swiss | 939 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 37112 | 672 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +267 |
| Other Northern Asian | 858 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37082 | 183 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +675 |
| Iranian | 847 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 37048 | 389 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +457 |
| Vietnamese | 785 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 37123 | 337 | 0.2 | 1.6 | +448 |
| Indonesian | 690 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 37047 | 387 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +302 |
| Tongan | 667 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37118 | 559 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +108 |
| Norwegian | 647 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37071 | 405 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +241 |
| Chilean | 601 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37023 | 259 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +342 |
| Ukrainian | 584 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37121 | 282 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +302 |
| Finnish | 499 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37039 | 312 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +186 |
| Fijian | 459 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 37037 | 250 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +209 |
| Slovak | 459 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37105 | 197 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +262 |
| Other South American | 453 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 37085 | 200 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +252 |
| Peruvian | 442 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37092 | 229 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +213 |
| Turkish | 421 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 37120 | 189 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +232 |
| Argentinian | 417 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 37007 | 118 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +299 |
| Sinhalese/Sri Lankan | 383 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 370131 | 269 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +114 |
| Colombian | 363 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37025 | 73 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +290 |
| Belgian | 361 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37014 | 195 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +166 |
| Samoan | 356 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 37099 | 236 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +120 |
| Macedonian | 343 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 37062 | 190 | 0.1 | 0.5 | +153 |
| Egyptian | 341 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 37032 | 180 | 0.1 | 0.4 | +161 |
| Malay | 339 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37063 | 106 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +233 |
| Latvian | 324 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37059 | 205 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +118 |
| Caribbean Islander | 287 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37021 | 192 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +95 |
| Cypriot | 285 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37028 | 80 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +205 |
| Other British | 275 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37074 | 107 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +168 |
| Estonian | 272 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37035 | 164 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +108 |
| Other North-Western European | 271 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37081 | 125 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +145 |
| Other Middle-Eastern peoples | 269 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 37079 | 81 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +188 |
| Punjabi | 257 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 37095 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +225 |
| Lithuanian | 257 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37061 | 162 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +94 |
| Mexican | 250 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37067 | 88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +162 |
| Jewish | 241 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37053 | 61 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +180 |
| Romanian | 234 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37096 | 148 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +86 |
| Other Eastern European | 224 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37077 | 84 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +139 |
| Other Indian subcontinent | 218 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 37078 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +164 |
| Slovene | 216 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37106 | 119 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +97 |
| Mauritian | 209 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 37066 | 85 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +124 |
| Other North American | 186 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37080 | 67 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +119 |
| Other Polynesian | 176 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37084 | 90 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +86 |
| Bosnian | 176 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37016 | 83 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +93 |
| Other Arab peoples | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 37073 | 64 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +94 |
| Pakistani | 141 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 37089 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +89 |
| Bengali/Bangladeshi | 140 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 370130 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +88 |
| Bulgarian | 135 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 37018 | 70 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +65 |
| Other Southern/South East European | 128 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37088 | 76 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +52 |
| Khmer (Cambodian) | 121 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37055 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +86 |
| Torres Strait Islander | 120 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37119 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +99 |
| Zimbabwean | 115 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37125 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +52 |
| Afghan | 111 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37001 | 73 | 0.0 | 0.2 | +38 |
| Taiwanese | 109 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37114 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +55 |
| Arab not further described | 108 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 37006 | 65 | 0.0 | 0.3 | +43 |
| Syrian | 101 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 37113 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +58 |
| Cook Islander | 99 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37026 | 60 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +39 |
| Central and West African (other) | 97 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 370132 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Uruguayan | 96 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37122 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +46 |
| Other Oceanian (inc. Melanesia & Micronesia) | 95 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37083 | 121 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -26 |
| Afrikaner | 93 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37002 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +63 |
| Burmese peoples | 92 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37019 | 73 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +19 |
| Singaporean | 88 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37103 | 73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +15 |
| Sikh | 85 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 377114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Southern and East African | 77 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37087 | 63 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +14 |
| Palestinian | 75 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37090 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +41 |
| Tamil | 74 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 37115 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +60 |
| Native American | 73 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 378106 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Papua New Guinean | 65 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37091 | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +13 |
| Other South-East Asian | 61 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37086 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Anglo-Indian | 61 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37005 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +23 |
| Lao | 54 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 37058 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +30 |
| Kenyan | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 379205 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Central Asian | 48 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37076 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +35 |
| Albanian | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37003 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Other Central American | 41 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37075 | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Kurdish | 41 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37057 | 44 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Iraqi | 41 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 37049 | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -9 |
| Assyrian/Chaldean | 40 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 37009 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.4 | +8 |
| Nigerian | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 379104 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Jordanian | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37054 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +4 |
| Seychellois | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37102 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +10 |
| Timorese | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37117 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +16 |
| Sudanese | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 37110 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +10 |
| Salvadoran | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37098 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -9 |
| Ethiopian | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37036 | 20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -8 |
| Australian South Sea Islander | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 37012 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6 |
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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 Northern Beaches Council area in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (108,673 people or 41.2%)
- Australian (81,886 people or 31.1%)
- Irish (32,971 people or 12.5%)
- Scottish (28,545 people or 10.8%)
- Italian (14,565 people or 5.5%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 266,640 responses in total, or 101.17% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the Northern Beaches Council area and Greater Sydney were:
- A larger percentage of people with English ancestry (41.2% compared to 23.8%)
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (31.1% compared to 22.3%)
- A larger percentage of people with Irish ancestry (12.5% compared to 7.7%)
- A smaller percentage of people with Chinese ancestry (3.4% compared to 10.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2006 and 2021 were:
- English (+26,887 persons)
- Irish (+9,062 persons)
- Scottish (+8,904 persons)
- Italian (+4,912 persons)