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- Belgian Gardens - Rowes Bay
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- Castle Hill - North Ward
- Condon
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- Hyde Park - Mysterton
- Idalia - Cluden - Oonoonba
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- Kirwan
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- Mundingburra
- Murray - Roseneath and District
- Pimlico
- Railway Estate
- Rasmussen
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- Northern Queensland
- Queensland
- Australia
- Suburbs
- Aitkenvale
- Alligator Creek and District
- Annandale
- Balgal Beach - Rural West
- Belgian Gardens - Rowes Bay
- Black River - Alice River - Hervey Range
- Bohle Plains - Rangewood - Shaw
- Castle Hill - North Ward
- Condon
- Cosgrove - Mount Louisa
- Cranbrook
- Currajong
- Deeragun - Jensen
- Douglas
- Gulliver
- Heatley
- Hermit Park
- Hyde Park - Mysterton
- Idalia - Cluden - Oonoonba
- Julago - Stuart
- Kelso
- Kirwan
- Magnetic Island
- Mount Low - Burdell - Beach Holm
- Mundingburra
- Murray - Roseneath and District
- Pimlico
- Railway Estate
- Rasmussen
- Rosslea
- Rural South East
- Shelly Beach - Garbutt and surrounds
- South Townsville
- Thuringowa Central
- Townsville City
- Vincent
- West End
- Woodstock District
- Wulguru
- CBD Overlay
- Central Business District
- Electoral Divisions
- Division 1
- Division 2
- Division 3
- Division 4
- Division 5
- Division 6
- Division 7
- Division 8
- Division 9
- Division 10
- Liveability Study Precincts
- Central Suburbs - East
- Central Suburbs - West
- City and Beach Side
- Emerging Community North
- Kirwan and Upper Ross
- Magnetic Island
- North-West Region
- Riverside Suburbs
- South-West Region
The three largest ancestries in the City of Townsville 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 City of Townsville 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 City of Townsville'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
Refers to:
Total population
| Ancestry - Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Townsville - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Ancestry totals | Number | % | Regional QLD % | Number | % | Regional QLD % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Not stated | 16,330 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 15,439 | 6.2 | 6.5 | +891 |
| Total responses | 261,758 | -- | -- | 247,482 | -- | -- | +14,276 |
| Total people | 192,776 | -- | -- | 186,756 | -- | -- | +6,020 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
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Excludes ancestries with fewer than 10 responses (multi-response).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2016 and 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Dominant groups
Analysis of the ancestry responses of the population in City of Townsville in 2021 shows that the top five ancestries nominated were:
- English (72,415 people or 37.6%)
- Australian (71,437 people or 37.1%)
- Irish (21,775 people or 11.3%)
- Scottish (20,158 people or 10.5%)
- Australian Aboriginal (13,121 people or 6.8%)
In combination these five ancestries account for 198,906 responses in total, or 103.18% of all responses.
The major differences between the ancestries of the population in the City of Townsville and Regional QLD were:
- A larger percentage of people with Australian ancestry (37.1% compared to 35.3%)
- A larger percentage of people with Italian ancestry (4.8% compared to 3.2%)
- A larger percentage of people with Australian Aboriginal ancestry (6.8% compared to 5.1%)
- A smaller percentage of people with English ancestry (37.6% compared to 39.6%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the reported ancestries of the population in this area between 2016 and 2021 were:
- Australian Aboriginal (+11,501 persons)
- Australian (-3,621 persons)
- Torres Strait Islander (+3,195 persons)
- Irish (-2,711 persons)
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