11.2% —
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Yarra Junction - Wesburn · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Yarra Junction - Wesburn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 46% of people in Yarra Junction - Wesburn claim Australian ancestry, the most common ancestral group in the area. This local identity is strongly complemented by British roots, with English and Irish backgrounds also featuring heavily in the community's heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is very common at 43.2%, followed by Irish at 10.9% and Scottish at 9.7%. Smaller numbers of people identify as German, at 4.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen slightly by 2.4 percentage points since 2016, though 80.6% of the population 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 Yarra Junction - Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215097/yarra-junction-wesburn/topic/ancestry-heritage