6.7% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarriambiack · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarriambiack
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few areas have a lower proportion of overseas-born residents than Yarriambiack, where 84.7% of the population was born in Australia. This creates a community with very deep local roots, as the vast majority of people here identify with traditional British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up nearly 84% of the population. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature strongly in the local family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 6.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 6.3%.
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 Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011394/yarriambiack/topic/ancestry-heritage