26.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Viewbank - Yallambie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Viewbank - Yallambie, where 30.4% of residents claim these roots. The area is largely Australian-born, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 26.6%.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 30.4% and 28.6% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish (10.8%), Italian (9.9%), and Chinese (9.3%).
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the national figure. This proportion has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (71.2%), China (4.0%), and England (2.8%).
26.6% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Viewbank - Yallambie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011203/viewbank-yallambie/topic/ancestry-heritage