50.2% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Glenwood were born overseas, a figure that has climbed significantly since 2011. This shift has created a diverse community where Indian and Australian ancestries are now the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most frequent at 21.3%, followed by Australian at 16% and English at 14.3%. Chinese and Filipino backgrounds also make up significant shares of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 50.2% of residents born overseas is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the birthplace data, where India is the most common overseas origin at 18.7%.
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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11686/glenwood/topic/ancestry-heritage