Ethnic makeup of Australia

A one digit code is assigned to each first level unit in the classification. A two digit code is assigned to each second level unit, and a four digit code is assigned to each third level (base level) unit.

Broad group level

The first level of the classification, the broad group level, comprises nine categories to provide a broad overall view of the geographic proximity of cultural and ethnic groups in terms of the location in which they originated or developed and are represented by one digit codes.

They are:

1 Oceanian
2 North-West European
3 Southern and Eastern European
4 North African and Middle Eastern
5 South-East Asian
6 North-East Asian
7 Southern and Central Asian
8 People of the Americas
9 Sub-Saharan African

Narrow group level

The second level of the classification, the narrow group level, provides increasingly detailed breakdowns of the broad groups.

The narrow groups are represented by a two digit code, the first digit indicating the broad group to which they belong. For example, within the Oceanian broad group (code 1), Australian Peoples is code 11, New Zealand Peoples is code 12, and Polynesian is 15, etc.

Cultural and Ethnic Group level

At the third and most detailed level, the cultural and ethnic groups are represented by a four digit code. The first two digits represent the broad and narrow groups to which they belong.

For example:

The cultural and ethnic groups: 1101 Australian, 1102 Australian Aboriginal, 1103 Australian South Sea Islander and 1104 Torres Strait islander, all fall within the Australian Peoples narrow group (code 11) and the Oceanian broad group (code 1).

1 Oceanian

11 Australian Peoples

1101 Australian