10.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarrawalla · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarrawalla
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Half of the people in Yarrawalla identify as having Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This local identity is joined by strong English and Scottish roots, while the proportion of people born overseas remains quite low.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Scottish ancestries are common here, representing 29.5% and 19.2% of the population respectively. German (7.7%) and Filipino (5.1%) heritages also feature in the community breakdown.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. The Philippines is the most common birthplace for those born outside Australia, at 3.8%.
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 Yarrawalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22918/yarrawalla/topic/ancestry-heritage