7.7% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longreach · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longreach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.7% of people in Longreach were born overseas, making it far less diverse than most other Australian areas. The local population is overwhelmingly Australian-born and shares deep roots in British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 40% and 38.1% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 11.8% and 10.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%, although it rose slightly by 1.4 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 80% of the community was born in Australia, followed by small numbers from New Zealand and England.
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34710/longreach/topic/ancestry-heritage