Chinese Australians
As a whole, Australian residents identifying themselves as having Chinese ancestry made up 5.6% of those nominating their ancestry at the 2016 census and numbered 1,213,903. At the 2016 census, 509,555 people declared that they were born in Mainland China, 86,886 declared that they were born in Hong Kong, while 46,882 declared that they were born in Taiwan. There are also a large number of persons of Chinese ancestry among those born in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Glenside, South Australia
As of the 2016 Australian Census, the suburb is home to a population of 2,401 individuals where 43.9% were male and 56.1% female and the median age of the residents is 45 years old which is older than the state median age of 40. It can be seen from the Australian Census that the suburb is the home to many families as 10% of the population of Glenside are of Chinese heritage. This can be attributed the suburb is in a close proximity to renowned public schools such as Linden Park Primary School and Glenunga International High School and private schools such as Prince Alfred College, Pembroke School and Seymour College.