7.2% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yanco · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yanco
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 90% of people in Yanco were born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents. This strong local roots trend is reflected in the ancestry data, where nearly half of the population identifies as Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common here, making up 45.8% and 43.8% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots also feature in the community's heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.2% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents did rise by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
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 Yanco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122156/yanco/topic/ancestry-heritage