23.8% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenelg South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenelg South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 4 percentage points fewer people were born overseas in Glenelg South compared to the national figure. This area is predominantly Australian-born, though it maintains a strong British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 45.2%, followed by Australian at 31.7% and Irish at 12.9%. Scottish and German ancestries also feature, making up 10.9% and 8.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 23.8% of residents were born overseas—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is about the same as the South Australian average. Most of these residents came from England, which accounts for 8.2% of the total population.
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 Glenelg South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40508/glenelg-south/topic/ancestry-heritage