18.0% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longman · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longman
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong roots in traditional British and European heritage define the community in Longman. Most residents identify as English or Australian, with the area remaining much more locally born than the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.1%, followed closely by Australian at 38.9%. Other notable groups include Scottish (10.3%), Irish (10.1%), and German (6.2%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18% of people were born overseas, which is well below the figures for Queensland (22.7%) and Australia (27.7%). This is despite a slight rise of 1.6 percentage points since 2011, with New Zealand and England as the most common birthplaces outside 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 Longman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED320/longman/topic/ancestry-heritage