People in Greater Sydney who were born in Netherlands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,173 people in Greater Sydney who were born in Netherlands. Of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female.

Of the population born in Netherlands who usually live in Greater Sydney, 3.8% were aged 0 - 14 years and 42.6% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Sydney who were born in Netherlands was 62 years.

Of people in Greater Sydney aged 15 years and over who were born in Netherlands, 59.7% were married, 2.4% were separated, and 11.1% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Sydney and who were born in Netherlands the median age of married people was 63 years. Of people never married, the median age was 37 years.

Of the population born in Netherlands who usually live in Greater Sydney, 10.8% were attending an educational institution. There were 2.2% in primary school, 1.5% in secondary school and 3.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, 10.9% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 5.1% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, 65.3% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands and had a spouse or partner, 51.6% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 46.0% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, the most common responses to the religion question were No Religion 33.4%, Catholic 30.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.7%, Anglican 6.5% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, 58.1% spoke English only at home. A further 40.5% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands and who were in the labour force, 62.4% worked full-time, 28.5% worked part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands and who were employed, 50.6% worked 40 hours or more per week and 14.3% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands the median age for those who were employed full-time was 50, while the median age for those employed part-time was 57.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 30.7%, Managers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, the most common responses for industry of employment were Computer System Design and Related Services 5.1%, School Education 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.2% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands, the personal weekly median income was $545. Family median weekly income was $1,638 and Household median weekly income was $1,357.

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 53.8% of employed people who were born in Netherlands, travelled to work on census day by car, while 13.6% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Sydney 73.1% of people who were born in Netherlands did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 24.1% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Sydney of people who were born in Netherlands and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% 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 Greater Sydney. They are for families where the reference person was born in Netherlands 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 Netherlands. Of these families, 36.2% were couple families with children, 56.9% were couple families without children and 6.4% 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 Netherlands 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 Netherlands. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,329 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,937.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Sydney. They are for families where the reference person was born in Netherlands 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 Netherlands. Of these families, 16.3% of families had both parents working full-time, 18.1% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 30.6% 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 Netherlands, 69.4% were a separate house, 18.4% 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 Netherlands, 20.2% had two bedrooms, 39.6% had three bedrooms and 33.1% 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 Netherlands, 47.0% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,134 and the median weekly rent paid was $405.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Netherlands' includes households in Greater Sydney where at least one person was born in Netherlands. Of those households, 73.8% were one family households and 20.0% were lone person households.