8.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yabulu · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people born overseas live in Yabulu, where the vast majority of residents share traditional British and Irish roots. This creates a community with a strong connection to Australian and European heritage, with few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both at 40.5%. Other notable groups include Scottish (9.3%), Irish (8.9%), and German (4.3%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While 78.6% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are New Zealand (2.9%) and England (1.8%).
8.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Yabulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33193/yabulu/topic/ancestry-heritage