8.8% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenaven · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted ties to the British Isles define the identity of Glenaven, where 85.3% of people were born in Australia. This local heritage is reflected in the ancestry of the community, with English and Australian backgrounds being the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most prevalent at 42.6%, followed by Australian (27.9%), Scottish (16.2%), and German (16.2%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland (22.7%) and national (27.7%) totals, and lower than most other areas.
8.8% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31153/glenaven/topic/ancestry-heritage