35.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glebe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse international backgrounds shape daily life in Glebe, where 35.8% of residents were born overseas. This is well above the national figure, creating a multicultural community with strong links to both Europe and Asia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 29.8%, followed by Australian at 22.3% and Irish at 13.5%. Chinese and Scottish roots are also prominent, each making up around 10% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of people here were born outside Australia, a figure well above the New South Wales average. While 57% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, China, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11645/glebe/topic/ancestry-heritage