8.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yielima · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yielima
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 Yielima compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the Victorian figure of 30%. This makes the area far less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Yielima identify with Australian ancestry at 59.1% and English ancestry at 47.3%. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 14% and Italian at 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical resident was born in Australia, accounting for 86% of the population. This is far below the national figure of 27.7% for people born overseas, with New Zealand the most common birthplace outside Australia at 3.2%.
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 Yielima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22933/yielima/topic/ancestry-heritage