18.5% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
More people were born overseas in Glenwood by the 2021 census than in previous years. While 18.5% of residents were born outside Australia, this remains well below the national figure. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46%, followed by Australian at 32.1% and Irish at 11.3%. Scottish and German roots are also present in 11.2% and 7.8% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.5% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the figures for Queensland and Australia, with 69.2% of the population born here.
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/SAL31176/glenwood/topic/ancestry-heritage