5.9% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yerong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yerong Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Yerong Creek than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a heritage rooted deeply in British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (38.3%), English (35.8%), or Irish (13.0%) ancestry. Scottish and German roots are also common, making up 10.1% and 7.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. About 75.5% of the population was born in Australia, while 2.0% came from New Zealand.
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 Yerong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14526/yerong-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage