15.2% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yanakie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yanakie
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 Yanakie compared to the rest of the state. While 15.2% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the Victorian figure of 30%. Most people here trace their roots back to the British Isles or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 41.0% and 39.9% respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also frequent, making up 13.1% and 12.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.2% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. The majority of residents were born in Australia, with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Yanakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22900/yanakie/topic/ancestry-heritage