12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarras · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarras
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Yarras compared to the rest of the country. Only 12.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects a community with very strong ties to Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 43.8%, followed by English at 22.9%, and Irish and Scottish both at 14.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Three quarters of the population were born in Australia. At 12.5%, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Yarras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14499/yarras/topic/ancestry-heritage