17.4% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yankalilla · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yankalilla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Yankalilla than in the rest of the country. Only 17.4% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 51.4%, followed by Australian at 36.8% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Australian average and fell slightly from 18.3% in 2011 to 17.4%. Most people were born in Australia (75.8%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 9.7%.
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 Yankalilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011149/yankalilla/topic/ancestry-heritage