10.4% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarram · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarram
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people in Yarram were born overseas compared to the rest of the state. While about 30% of Victorians were born abroad, only 10.4% of Yarram residents share that experience. This makes the town much less diverse in birthplaces than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by English and Australian roots, which each make up over 42% of the population. Irish and Scottish heritage also feature prominently, with 11.3% and 10.8% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 80% of people here were born in Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% born overseas. For those born abroad, England is the most common origin at 3.2%, followed by New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Yarram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22915/yarram/topic/ancestry-heritage