8.1% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riverglades · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riverglades
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few overseas arrivals have moved to Riverglades since 2011, and it remains a place with a very strong connection to its colonial roots. Around 91% of the population was born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47.0% and 43.2% of the population. German ancestry is also quite common at 17.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%.
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 Riverglades [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41261/riverglades/topic/ancestry-heritage