8.3% ▲ +54.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Young · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Young
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Young than in the rest of the country, with only 8.3% of residents arriving from abroad. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as one of the least internationally diverse in the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 44.5% and English at 39.8%. Other notable groups include Irish (12.8%), Scottish (8.6%), and German (3.4%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born in Australia, 84.8% of the population were born locally, which is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. For those born abroad, the most common origins are England, New Zealand, the Philippines and India.
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 Young [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14536/young/topic/ancestry-heritage