15.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longwood East · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longwood East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English heritage is the most common root in Longwood East, where 40.5% of people claim this ancestry. The area has a strong British and Irish influence, with the vast majority of residents tracing their family lines to the UK or Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry leads the way at 40.5%, followed by Australian (21.4%), Scottish (16.8%), and Irish (13.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.3% of residents were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most people here were born in Australia (65.6%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and Italy at 3.1% each.
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21541/longwood-east/topic/ancestry-heritage