9.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yass · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yass
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Yass than in most similar areas. While 85.7% of the population was born in Australia, the area maintains strong roots in the British Isles, with English and Irish ancestry common among residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 47.0%, followed closely by English at 42.0%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent, making up 14.0% and 10.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 2.7%.
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 Yass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14511/yass/topic/ancestry-heritage