8.1% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longreach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.1% of people in Longreach were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a population with deep roots in the region, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 39.6% and 38.0% of the community respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also feature prominently across the town.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 79.4% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is much lower than in most other areas. New Zealand is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 2.0%, followed by England at 1.3%.
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/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/ancestry-heritage