12.2% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yeppoon · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yeppoon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common background in Yeppoon, where 42.4% of people claim this ancestry. Together with those of Australian ancestry, these groups make up the vast majority of the local population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (42.4%) and Australian (40.4%) ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Irish (13.0%) and Scottish (11.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 12.2% of people in Yeppoon were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national rate of 27.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (81.1%), with England and New Zealand being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031223/yeppoon/topic/ancestry-heritage