8.5% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longford
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots shapes daily life in Longford (Vic.), where nearly half the population identifies as Australian by ancestry. The area is far less diverse than the state average, with a very small percentage of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common at 43.3%, closely following Australian ancestry at 46.7%. Other notable roots include Irish (11.8%) and Scottish (11.6%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national average of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia (86.1%), followed by England (3.8%).
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21536/longford/topic/ancestry-heritage