7.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarrawa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarrawa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Yarrawa than in most similar areas. This creates a profile where the vast majority of residents are Australian-born, with a strong connection to traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (60.4%) or English (39.6%), followed by Irish (6.9%), German (4.0%) and Scottish (3.0%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the birth data, where 85.1% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Yarrawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14502/yarrawa/topic/ancestry-heritage