People in Northern Territory who were born in Ireland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 625 people in Northern Territory who were born in Ireland. Of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female.

Of the population born in Ireland who usually live in Northern Territory, 3.5% were aged 0 - 14 years and 10.2% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Northern Territory who were born in Ireland was 30 years.

Of people in Northern Territory aged 15 years and over who were born in Ireland, 26.0% were married, 3.1% were separated, and 5.5% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Northern Territory and who were born in Ireland the median age of married people was 54 years. Of people never married, the median age was 27 years.

Of the population born in Ireland who usually live in Northern Territory, 10.4% were attending an educational institution. There were 1.4% in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 4.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, 51.8% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 6.6% from 2001 - 2005.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, 36.5% were Australian citizens.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland and had a spouse or partner, 54.5% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 41.8% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 78.2%, No Religion 11.2%, Anglican 2.7%, Buddhism 1.0% and Christian, nfd 1.0%.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, 88.3% spoke English only at home. A further 10.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland and who were in the labour force, 76.8% worked full-time, 14.0% worked part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland and who were employed, 58.7% worked 40 hours or more per week and 18.8% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland the median age for those who were employed full-time was 30, while the median age for those employed part-time was 27.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses for occupation were Technicians and Trades Workers 23.3%, Professionals 20.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9% and Labourers 10.8%.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, the most common responses for industry of employment were Residential Building Construction 8.6%, Accommodation 4.7%, State Government Administration 4.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.7% and Hospitals 3.7%.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland, the personal weekly median income was $983. Family median weekly income was $2,149 and Household median weekly income was $2,245.

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 Northern Territory 58.3% of employed people who were born in Ireland, travelled to work on census day by car, while 7.8% travelled by bus or train.

In Northern Territory 68.7% of people who were born in Ireland did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 12.1% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Northern Territory of people who were born in Ireland and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% 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 Northern Territory. 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, 27.5% were couple families with children, 66.4% were couple families without children and 4.9% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Northern Territory. 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 $2,374 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,678.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Northern Territory. 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, 44.8% of families had both parents working full-time, 15.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 9.9% 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 Northern Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 52.8% were a separate house, 29.2% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 16.0% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Northern Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 25.9% had two bedrooms, 44.2% had three bedrooms and 19.0% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Northern Territory. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Ireland, 20.3% were owned outright, 21.8% were owned with a mortgage and 53.6% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,342 and the median weekly rent paid was $430.

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 Northern Territory where at least one person was born in Ireland. Of those households, 68.4% were one family households and 13.9% were lone person households.