10.3% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yea · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Yea compared to the rest of the state, with only 10.3% of the population born abroad. This gap is stark against the Victorian average of 30.0%, reflecting a community with very deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.7%, followed by Australian at 38.6%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, each making up around 14% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 80.9% of the total. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births, with England being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 3.7%.
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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22924/yea/topic/ancestry-heritage