11.8% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenroy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Glenroy, where 41.5% of people claim this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a strong British and Irish heritage, with a small number of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English and Australian roots, 13% of people here claim Irish ancestry and 11% claim Scottish, while 7.5% identify as German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.6%), followed by smaller groups from England, India, New Zealand and Nepal.
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11682/glenroy/topic/ancestry-heritage