Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG), Australian Bureau of Statistics, November 2025
Latest release. Reference period: 2025
This classification is used for the collection, storage and dissemination of statistical and administrative data on culture and ethnicity in Australia.
Overview
What’s new
This latest release of the Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups (ASCCEG) 2025, includes the following changes:
- Two new stand-alone Cultural and ethnic groups have been added.
- Five Cultural and ethnic groups have had label changes.
- One Cultural and ethnic group was retired and split into two new stand-alone Cultural and ethnic groups.
- Five Cultural and ethnic groups have been retired to the most appropriate ‘not elsewhere classified’ (nec) category.
These changes were developed through a review undertaken in 2025. More information about the review is available below, in the About the review section. Details of the changes made can be found in the What has changed section.
This is the fifth revision since ASCCEG was first published in 2000. The 2025 classification structure and correspondence tables are available from the Data downloads section.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was used to quality assure the structure and correspondence, found in the Data download section of this product. Microsoft 365 Copilot (M365 Copilot) was used to compare codes and labels between these tables. The output was manually verified.
AI used in the quality assurance of this product was in accordance with applicable legislation, regulations, frameworks and policies. For more details on how the ABS uses AI tools, please see the ABS AI transparency statement.