People in Australia who were born in Ireland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 67,315 people in Australia who were born in Ireland. Of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female.

Of the population born in Ireland who usually live in Australia, 4.8% were aged 0 - 14 years and 20.1% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Ireland was 43 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Ireland, 48.6% were married, 2.8% were separated, and 6.8% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Ireland the median age of married people was 51 years. Of people never married, the median age was 28 years.

Of the population born in Ireland who usually live in Australia, 11.1% were attending an educational institution. There were 2.5% in primary school, 1.1% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, 29.6% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 7.9% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, 52.6% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland and had a spouse or partner, 60.1% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 36.9% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 75.4%, No Religion 11.4%, Anglican 3.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7% and Christian, nfd 1.0%.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, 95.1% spoke English only at home. A further 4.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland and who were in the labour force, 70.8% worked full-time, 20.4% worked part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland and who were employed, 56.8% worked 40 hours or more per week and 16.6% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland the median age for those who were employed full-time was 35, while the median age for those employed part-time was 45.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 28.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Managers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0% and Labourers 7.6%.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses for industry of employment were Hospitals 5.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4%, School Education 3.4% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland, the personal weekly median income was $892. Family median weekly income was $2,049 and Household median weekly income was $1,888.

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 Australia 58.4% of employed people who were born in Ireland, travelled to work on census day by car, while 14.7% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 75.0% of people who were born in Ireland did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 26.4% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Ireland and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% 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 Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Ireland 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 Ireland. Of these families, 44.0% were couple families with children, 49.3% were couple families without children and 6.0% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Ireland 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 Ireland. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,405 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,645.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Ireland 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 Ireland. Of these families, 27.8% of families had both parents working full-time, 22.4% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 16.3% 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 Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 67.7% were a separate house, 19.2% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 12.4% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 21.5% had two bedrooms, 38.9% had three bedrooms and 32.2% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 27.9% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,128 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 Ireland' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Ireland. Of those households, 74.4% were one family households and 15.6% were lone person households.