23.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glen Esk · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glen Esk
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in four people in Glen Esk were born overseas, creating a community with a diverse range of backgrounds. While most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born people than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for 38.2% of residents. Other notable ancestral groups include Irish at 10.9%, Scottish at 7.3%, and German at 5.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the Queensland figure, though it sits well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
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 Glen Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31146/glen-esk/topic/ancestry-heritage