20.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yagoonya · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yagoonya
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
One in five people in Yagoonya were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. The community has strong roots in the British Isles, with 50% of residents claiming Australian ancestry and another 35% identifying as English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 50%, English at 35%, and Scottish at 15%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 20% of the population was born overseas, this is a little below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Yagoonya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33195/yagoonya/topic/ancestry-heritage