7.6% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Glen Innes · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Glen Innes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Glen Innes than in most similar areas. While English and Australian ancestries dominate, the town has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.4%, followed closely by Australian at 40.4%. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, each making up around 11% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011, with 81.2% of the community born in Australia.
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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114011/glen-innes/topic/ancestry-heritage