4.3% ▲ +1097.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yirrkala · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yirrkala
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 4.3% of people in Yirrkala were born overseas, making it a community with a very low proportion of overseas-born residents. This figure is far below both the Northern Territory and national averages, reflecting a population predominantly born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are Australian at 6.7%, English at 5.8%, and Irish at 2.6%. Other noted ancestries include Scottish at 1.4% and Dutch at 1.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Northern Territory's 21.8%. This is consistent with the fact that 92.8% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70299/yirrkala/topic/ancestry-heritage