11.8% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarroweyah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarroweyah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Similar areas have a comparable mix of backgrounds, but Yarroweyah remains far less diverse than the rest of the state. Only 11.8% of residents were born overseas, with the vast majority of the population claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (40.3%) and English (39.4%), followed by Irish at 12.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most residents were born in Australia (76.8%), while the next most common birthplaces are New Zealand and England.
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 Yarroweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22921/yarroweyah/topic/ancestry-heritage