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Yarrabah · Council (LGA)

Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarrabah

Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.

Almost no one in Yarrabah was born outside Australia, making it one of the least overseas-born areas in the region. This is a community where nearly every resident was born in Australia, a pattern that has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Yarrabah, Council (LGA)

Where Yarrabah sits — People born overseas

0.2% ▲ —

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Yarrabah — lower than 99% of areas.

Yarrabah0.2%
Rest of Qld 18.4%
Queensland 22.7%
Australia 27.7%

Ancestry

The ancestries people most identify with.

The most common ancestries listed are Australian at 1.3%, English at 0.8%, and German at 0.6%.

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In Yarrabah, the largest group is Australian at 42%, followed by English (24%) and German (18%).

Australian 1.3% English 0.8% German 0.6% Scottish 0.3% Irish 0.2%

Country of birth

Australia and the largest overseas communities.

Only 0.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland figure of 22.7%. This low rate has remained steady since 2011, with 97.1% of the population born in Australia.

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0.2% ▲ —

Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).

Country of birth

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In Yarrabah, Australia is the majority at 100%.

Australia 97.1%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarrabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37600/yarrabah/topic/ancestry-heritage