POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: ancestry; birthplace of parents; religious affiliation; underlying causes of death; multiple causes of death; most common associated causes of death; and external causes of death.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Population Characteristics Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Census of Population and Housing 2006	Census of Population and Housing 2001	Causes of Death 2005
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)	x	x
Country of birth (father)	x	x
Country of last residence
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English	x	x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home	x	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship	x	x
Ancestry	x	x
Religious affiliation	x	x
Visa category
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x
Selected economic characteristics	x	x

MORE DETAILED SOURCE INFORMATION

Census of Population of Housing, 2006

3415.0 Migrants, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 (244kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Census of Population of Housing, Place of Enumeration Profile, 2006 (cat. no. 2004.0)

Census of Population of Housing, 2001

3415.0 Migrants, Census of Population and Housing, 2001 (259kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Census of Population of Housing, Usual Residents Profiles, 2001 (cat. no. 2004.0)

Causes of Death, 2005

3415.0 Migrants, Causes of Death, 2005 (319kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Causes of Death, Australia, 2005 (cat. no. 3303.0)