11.2% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lower Longley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lower Longley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Lower Longley compared to the rest of the country, with only 11.2% born outside Australia. This is well below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average. Most residents here share British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 43.1% and 39.7%, followed by Irish at 11.2% and Scottish at 9.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 11.2% of the population was born overseas, which is far below the Australian average of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.7%.
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 Lower Longley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60360/lower-longley/topic/ancestry-heritage