People in Greater Perth who were born in Croatia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,850 people in Greater Perth who were born in Croatia. Of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female.

Of the population born in Croatia who usually live in Greater Perth, 0.7% were aged 0 - 14 years and 37.5% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Perth who were born in Croatia was 59 years.

Of people in Greater Perth aged 15 years and over who were born in Croatia, 63.3% were married, 2.8% were separated, and 7.7% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Perth and who were born in Croatia the median age of married people was 60 years. Of people never married, the median age was 28 years.

Of the population born in Croatia who usually live in Greater Perth, 9.6% were attending an educational institution. There were 0.3% in primary school, 0.9% in secondary school and 4.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, 2.5% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 7.7% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, 94.9% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia and had a spouse or partner, 77.1% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 19.3% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 66.5%, Eastern Orthodox 20.9%, No Religion 6.7%, Christian, nfd 0.7% and Islam 0.6%.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, 17.5% spoke English only at home. A further 64.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia and who were in the labour force, 60.6% worked full-time, 28.2% worked part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia and who were employed, 45.5% worked 40 hours or more per week and 17.2% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia the median age for those who were employed full-time was 49, while the median age for those employed part-time was 50.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers 20.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Professionals 12.6%, Managers 11.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, the most common responses for industry of employment were Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.5%, Hospitals 3.8%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7% and Road Passenger Transport 2.6%.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia, the personal weekly median income was $402. Family median weekly income was $1,344 and Household median weekly income was $1,039.

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 Perth 71.1% of employed people who were born in Croatia, travelled to work on census day by car, while 6.2% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Perth 64.7% of people who were born in Croatia did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 21.1% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Perth of people who were born in Croatia and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% 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 Perth. They are for families where the reference person was born in Croatia 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 Croatia. Of these families, 42.4% were couple families with children, 46.1% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Greater Perth. They are for families where the reference person was born in Croatia 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 Croatia. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,018 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,572.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Perth. They are for families where the reference person was born in Croatia 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 Croatia. Of these families, 15.6% 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 33.5% 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 Perth. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Croatia, 82.5% were a separate house, 7.1% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 10.1% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Perth. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Croatia, 9.1% had two bedrooms, 40.6% had three bedrooms and 45.2% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Perth. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Croatia, 53.6% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.6% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733 and the median weekly rent paid was $200.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Croatia' includes households in Greater Perth where at least one person was born in Croatia. Of those households, 74.7% were one family households and 21.5% were lone person households.