57.0% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glen Waverley - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glen Waverley - East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Glen Waverley - East were born overseas, reflecting a deeply multicultural community. This high proportion of overseas births is mirrored in the ancestry data, where Chinese heritage is the most common at 37.5%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 37.5%, followed by English at 15.7% and Australian at 11.9%. Other common ancestries include Indian at 9.3% and Scottish at 4.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas born residents make up 57.0% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and rose by 9.9 percentage points since 2011. While 40.2% were born in Australia, many others arrived from China (17.3%) and India (7.6%).
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 Glen Waverley - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051321/glen-waverley-east/topic/ancestry-heritage