People in Greater Sydney who were born in Papua New Guinea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,660 people in Greater Sydney who were born in Papua New Guinea. Of these 44.9% were male and 55.1% were female.

Of the population born in Papua New Guinea who usually live in Greater Sydney, 2.4% were aged 0 - 14 years and 12.2% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Sydney who were born in Papua New Guinea was 44 years.

Of people in Greater Sydney aged 15 years and over who were born in Papua New Guinea, 54.7% were married, 3.3% were separated, and 8.5% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Sydney and who were born in Papua New Guinea the median age of married people was 47 years. Of people never married, the median age was 37 years.

Of the population born in Papua New Guinea who usually live in Greater Sydney, 13.0% were attending an educational institution. There were 1.5% in primary school, 1.9% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, 5.4% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 3.6% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, 89.0% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea and had a spouse or partner, 40.8% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 56.6% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 35.9%, No Religion 17.2%, Anglican 15.0%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Pentecostal 3.0%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, 72.5% spoke English only at home. A further 25.4% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea and who were in the labour force, 65.4% worked full-time, 25.6% worked part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea and who were employed, 53.0% worked 40 hours or more per week and 15.0% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea the median age for those who were employed full-time was 42, while the median age for those employed part-time was 44.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 31.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 8.5%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, the most common responses for industry of employment were Hospitals 4.9%, School Education 4.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 2.5%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea, the personal weekly median income was $892. Family median weekly income was $2,351 and Household median weekly income was $2,152.

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 Greater Sydney 55.5% of employed people who were born in Papua New Guinea, travelled to work on census day by car, while 17.0% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Sydney 82.7% of people who were born in Papua New Guinea did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 38.4% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Papua New Guinea and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 31.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% 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 Greater Sydney. They are for families where the reference person was born in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea. Of these families, 59.6% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Greater Sydney. They are for families where the reference person was born in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,527 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,907.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Sydney. They are for families where the reference person was born in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea. Of these families, 26.4% of families had both parents working full-time, 24.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 11.5% 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 Greater Sydney. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Papua New Guinea, 66.1% were a separate house, 21.8% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 11.7% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Sydney. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Papua New Guinea, 20.8% had two bedrooms, 33.8% had three bedrooms and 38.9% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Sydney. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Papua New Guinea, 29.9% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500 and the median weekly rent paid was $400.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Papua New Guinea' includes households in Greater Sydney where at least one person was born in Papua New Guinea. Of those households, 79.1% were one family households and 13.3% were lone person households.