People in South Australia who were born in Serbia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,351 people in South Australia who were born in Serbia. Of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female.

Of the population born in Serbia who usually live in South Australia, 3.8% were aged 0 - 14 years and 29.0% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in South Australia who were born in Serbia was 53 years.

Of people in South Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Serbia, 56.8% were married, 5.1% were separated, and 12.2% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in South Australia and who were born in Serbia the median age of married people was 53 years. Of people never married, the median age was 24 years.

Of the population born in Serbia who usually live in South Australia, 15.5% were attending an educational institution. There were 1.6% in primary school, 3.9% in secondary school and 5.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, 5.7% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 6.7% from 2001 - 2005.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, 91.0% were Australian citizens.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia and had a spouse or partner, 81.0% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 17.0% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, the most common responses to the religion question were Eastern Orthodox 77.7%, No Religion 7.2%, Catholic 6.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.0% and Islam 0.9%.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, 11.1% spoke English only at home. A further 71.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia and who were in the labour force, 56.5% worked full-time, 29.5% worked part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia and who were employed, 37.7% worked 40 hours or more per week and 23.1% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia the median age for those who were employed full-time was 43, while the median age for those employed part-time was 45.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers 18.2%, Professionals 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, the most common responses for industry of employment were Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.0%, Residential Building Construction 5.1%, Hospitals 3.8%, Residential Care Services 3.2% and Building Completion Services 2.9%.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia, the personal weekly median income was $361. Family median weekly income was $1,148 and Household median weekly income was $897.

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 South Australia 76.4% of employed people who were born in Serbia, travelled to work on census day by car, while 6.3% travelled by bus or train.

In South Australia 61.8% of people who were born in Serbia did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 24.8% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In South Australia of people who were born in Serbia and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% 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 South Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Serbia 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 Serbia. Of these families, 49.0% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in South Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Serbia 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 Serbia. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,542 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,068.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in South Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Serbia 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 Serbia. Of these families, 17.6% of families had both parents working full-time, 15.3% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 34.8% 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 South Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Serbia, 77.6% were a separate house, 9.5% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 12.6% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in South Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Serbia, 19.2% had two bedrooms, 53.8% had three bedrooms and 19.5% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in South Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Serbia, 36.0% were owned outright, 36.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517 and the median weekly rent paid was $185.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Serbia' includes households in South Australia where at least one person was born in Serbia. Of those households, 72.2% were one family households and 22.2% were lone person households.