3.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glenroy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of people born overseas in Glenroy (SA) has stayed very low over the last decade. Most residents identify as having Australian or English ancestry, with 88.2% of the population born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half the population identifies as Australian, followed by English at 30.3% and Scottish at 15.8%. Other common ancestries include German and Irish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 3.9%.
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40510/glenroy/topic/ancestry-heritage