16.4% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yerecoin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yerecoin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people here were born overseas than in most similar areas, though Yerecoin remains much more Australian-born than the state or national averages. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for over a third of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries dominate the area, making up 35.8% and 34.3% of residents respectively. Other common roots include Irish (6.0%), Scottish (4.5%), and Italian (4.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.4% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is far below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 13.4%.
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 Yerecoin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51684/yerecoin/topic/ancestry-heritage