8.7% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Longreach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Longreach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Longreach compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.7% of the population was born abroad, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a community with very deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.1% and English at 37.7%. Irish, Scottish, and German roots are also common, making up a combined 27.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 80% of people here were born in Australia, and the overseas-born population has barely changed since 2011. The 8.7% born abroad is far below the Queensland figure of 22.7%, with New Zealand and England being the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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/ucl/UCL315053/longreach/topic/ancestry-heritage