12.3% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yamba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yamba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Middle-of-the-road diversity defines Yamba, where the proportion of people born overseas sits around the middle for similar areas. The local population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with English and Australian being the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.2% and 39.0% of the population respectively. Irish (13.7%) and Scottish (13.2%) are also prominent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (80.9%), followed by England at 3.7%.
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 Yamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14476/yamba/topic/ancestry-heritage