23.9% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greendale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greendale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing variety of backgrounds defines Greendale, where the mix of people born overseas and those claiming diverse ancestral roots has shifted since 2011. While most residents have Australian or English roots, nearly a third of the population now traces their family history to other parts of the world.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 31.8% and 17.8% respectively. Italian (10.5%) and Chinese (9.9%) roots are also prominent in the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 23.9% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. The most common overseas birthplaces are China at 7.6% and Italy at 2.5%.
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 Greendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11765/greendale/topic/ancestry-heritage