12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glen Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glen Elgin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of Australian and British heritage defines the people of Glen Elgin, where nearly half the population claims Australian ancestry. This local identity is underpinned by a population that is far more likely to be born in Australia than people across the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 46.9%, followed by English at 28.1% and Irish at 18.8%. German and Dutch backgrounds are also present, each making up 9.4% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population, 81.3%, 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 Glen Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11651/glen-elgin/topic/ancestry-heritage