28.0% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greenslopes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greenslopes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of residents were born overseas in Greenslopes than in most similar areas. While 28% of people here were born abroad, this is slightly above the national figure and well above the Queensland average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 34.2%, followed by Australian at 29.6% and Irish at 14.5%. Scottish and German ancestries also feature, making up 11.5% and 5.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 28% of people were born overseas, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than the Queensland average. Most residents were born in Australia (68.2%), but India is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.3%.
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 Greenslopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31242/greenslopes/topic/ancestry-heritage