15.7% ▲ +95.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Glenvale than in most similar areas, though the figure remains low compared to the broader region. While 15.7% of residents were born abroad, the area is still predominantly Australian-born, with deep roots in English and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 38.5% and 36.8%, followed by Irish at 10.5%, German at 10.4%, and Scottish at 9.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.7% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.5%), with the Philippines (2.4%), England (1.5%), and India (1.2%) as the next most common birthplaces.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Glenvale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31174/glenvale/topic/ancestry-heritage