11.2% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yass Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yass Surrounds
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common backgrounds for people in Yass Surrounds, with each making up over 43% of the population. The area has a very small proportion of overseas-born residents, a figure that has remained steady in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People here most often identify as Australian (43.5%) or English (43.3%), followed by Irish (14%) and Scottish (12.7%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2016, with 82.9% of people born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Yass Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061542/yass-surrounds/topic/ancestry-heritage