6.5% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Longwood than in most similar areas. With 87.1% of the population born in Australia, the community has a very strong connection to local roots compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.2% and 43.0% of the population. Irish ancestry is also notable at 17.5%, followed by Scottish at 13.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21540/longwood/topic/ancestry-heritage