4.9% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yelta · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yelta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Yelta compared to the rest of the country. While only 4.9% of residents were born abroad, the community remains rooted in traditional ties to the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.3% and English at 40.0%, followed by Irish and Scottish ties at 12.3% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 4.9% of people in Yelta were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia, while others arrived from England and the Philippines.
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 Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/ancestry-heritage