9.8% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
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.
Roughly 10% of people in Longford were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a community with deep roots, where the vast majority of residents have English, Australian or Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 48.3%, followed closely by Australian at 43.5%. Irish and Scottish roots are also notable, at 9.5% and 8.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.4% and far below the national average of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%.
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/SAL60350/longford/topic/ancestry-heritage