People in Australian Capital Territory who were born in New Zealand

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,370 people in Australian Capital Territory who were born in New Zealand. Of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female.

Of the population born in New Zealand who usually live in Australian Capital Territory, 8.1% were aged 0 - 14 years and 10.0% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australian Capital Territory who were born in New Zealand was 42 years.

Of people in Australian Capital Territory aged 15 years and over who were born in New Zealand, 48.7% were married, 3.8% were separated, and 9.8% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australian Capital Territory and who were born in New Zealand the median age of married people was 49 years. Of people never married, the median age was 28 years.

Of the population born in New Zealand who usually live in Australian Capital Territory, 21.1% were attending an educational institution. There were 3.9% in primary school, 4.3% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, 17.1% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 8.6% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, 58.5% were Australian citizens.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand and had a spouse or partner, 42.9% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 54.2% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses to the religion question were No Religion 40.3%, Anglican 15.2%, Catholic 15.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, 91.7% spoke English only at home. A further 7.6% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand and who were in the labour force, 69.1% worked full-time, 21.7% worked part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand and who were employed, 50.7% worked 40 hours or more per week and 20.3% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand the median age for those who were employed full-time was 43, while the median age for those employed part-time was 41.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 31.3%, Managers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses for industry of employment were Central Government Administration 17.0%, Tertiary Education 5.4%, Defence 5.4%, School Education 3.6% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.1%.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand, the personal weekly median income was $1,073. Family median weekly income was $2,500 and Household median weekly income was $2,426.

Family and Household are determined for the selected country of birth, 'All overseas born' and 'Australian born' by the Reference Person and/or their spouse/partner's response to country of birth. See explanatory notes for more information.

In Australian Capital Territory 67.9% of employed people who were born in New Zealand, travelled to work on census day by car, while 6.0% travelled by bus or train.

In Australian Capital Territory 84.6% of people who were born in New Zealand did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 31.6% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australian Capital Territory of people who were born in New Zealand and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 34.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

For important information on how migrant families are classified, please see the explanatory notes

These statistics are for families in Australian Capital Territory. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand and also include households where the reference person was born in Australia, or did not state their country of birth, but had a partner or spouse who was born in New Zealand. Of these families, 52.3% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australian Capital Territory. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand and also include households where the reference person was born in Australia, or did not state their country of birth, but had a partner or spouse who was born in New Zealand. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,807 and for families with children the median weekly income was $3,124.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australian Capital Territory. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand and also include households where the reference person was born in Australia, or did not state their country of birth, but had a partner or spouse who was born in New Zealand. Of these families, 34.1% of families had both parents working full-time, 22.6% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 9.2% of families stated that both parents were not working.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

For important information on how migrant households are classified, please see the explanatory notes

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australian Capital Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in New Zealand, 75.6% were a separate house, 10.6% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 13.5% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australian Capital Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in New Zealand, 11.6% had two bedrooms, 42.6% had three bedrooms and 41.0% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australian Capital Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in New Zealand, 20.6% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.5% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,184 and the median weekly rent paid was $420.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in New Zealand' includes households in Australian Capital Territory where at least one person was born in New Zealand. Of those households, 78.3% were one family households and 12.3% were lone person households.