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Glenroy

Glenroy is bound by generally by Victoria Street/Rhodes Parade to the south, generally by West Street to the east, Moonee Ponds Creek to the west and the Western Ring Road to the north. The Glenroy Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Glenroy in the 2006 census was 18,741.

Some key differences between Glenroy and the City of Moreland are:

Population and age

Glenroy has a larger percentage of people aged 70 to 84 years old (13.9%) and a smaller percentage of 25 to 34 year olds (14.3%), compared to the City of Moreland (10.7% and 18.3% respectively).

Country of birth

48.8% of Glenroy residents stated they were born in Australia. This is a smaller proportion than compared to the Moreland average (60.3%).

The Top 10 countries of birth for Glenroy (excluding Australia) were Italy, Lebanon, Turkey, United Kingdom, India, Malta, Greece, New Zealand, Iraq and China.

Languages

52.5% of Glenroy of residents speak English only at home compared to 54.6% in the City of Moreland.

The Top 10 languages spoken at home in Glenroy (other than English) are Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Maltese, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Polish, Assyrian, and Cantonese. A larger percentage of Glenroy residents speak Arabic (7.8%) compared to Moreland overall (6%).

Religion

A smaller proportion of Glenroy residents professed no religious affiliation (11.7%) compared to the City of Moreland (17.1%).

The main religions represented by Glenroy residents are Catholicism (38.2%), Islam (12.1%), Anglican (8.6%), Orthodox (5.7%), Uniting Church (2.8%), Presbyterian and Reformed (2.1%), and Buddhism (1.9%). A larger percentage nominated Islam (12.1%) than the average for the City of Moreland (7.9%).

Education

A larger percentage of Glenroy residents do not have qualifications (54.8%) compared to 47.5% of residents of the City of Moreland. Conversely, Glenroy has a smaller proportion of residents who hold a Bachelor Degree or higher (9.7% compared to 21.4%).

Glenroy residents constitute a smaller percentage of persons attending university than the City of Moreland (2.4% compared to 5.9%).

Transport

Larger percentages of Glenroy residents (65.0%) used private cars (either as driver or passenger) to get to work than the City of Moreland average (56.7%).