3.6% ▼ -43.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yerra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yerra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone in Yerra was born in Australia, making it a place with very little overseas influence compared to the rest of the country. This is reflected in the local ancestry, where over 84% of the population was born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 46.4% and 38.2% of the population respectively. German is the next most frequent ancestry at 15.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Queensland rate of 22.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 84.5% of residents, while England is the most common overseas origin at 2.7%.
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 Yerra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33221/yerra/topic/ancestry-heritage