People in Tasmania who were born in Poland

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 658 people in Tasmania who were born in Poland. Of these 43.5% were male and 56.5% were female.

Of the population born in Poland who usually live in Tasmania, 0.6% were aged 0 - 14 years and 48.9% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Tasmania who were born in Poland was 64 years.

Of people in Tasmania aged 15 years and over who were born in Poland, 54.0% were married, 2.7% were separated, and 11.9% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Tasmania and who were born in Poland the median age of married people was 61 years. Of people never married, the median age was 36 years.

Of the population born in Poland who usually live in Tasmania, 10.3% were attending an educational institution. There were 0.0% in primary school, 0.9% in secondary school and 3.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, 3.2% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 2.9% from 2001 - 2005.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, 92.4% were Australian citizens.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland and had a spouse or partner, 66.7% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 30.0% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 81.0%, No Religion 9.7%, Eastern Orthodox 1.4%, Anglican 1.1% and Buddhism 0.6%.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, 24.7% spoke English only at home. A further 63.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland and who were in the labour force, 51.3% worked full-time, 37.8% worked part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland and who were employed, 28.7% worked 40 hours or more per week and 26.0% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland the median age for those who were employed full-time was 48, while the median age for those employed part-time was 57.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 26.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Managers 10.6% and Labourers 10.6%.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, the most common responses for industry of employment were Tertiary Education 5.9%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.5%, Medical Services 4.5% and Accommodation 3.6%.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland, the personal weekly median income was $365. Family median weekly income was $1,028 and Household median weekly income was $640.

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 Tasmania 71.3% of employed people who were born in Poland, travelled to work on census day by car, while 1.8% travelled by bus or train.

In Tasmania 67.2% of people who were born in Poland did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 17.1% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Tasmania of people who were born in Poland and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% 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 Tasmania. They are for families where the reference person was born in Poland 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 Poland. Of these families, 32.6% were couple families with children, 55.9% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Tasmania. They are for families where the reference person was born in Poland 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 Poland. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,874 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Tasmania. They are for families where the reference person was born in Poland 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 Poland. Of these families, 10.5% of families had both parents working full-time, 14.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 36.7% 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 Tasmania. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Poland, 83.3% were a separate house, 10.6% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 5.3% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Tasmania. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Poland, 24.0% had two bedrooms, 50.4% had three bedrooms and 17.7% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Tasmania. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Poland, 60.0% were owned outright, 17.9% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,170 and the median weekly rent paid was $218.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Poland' includes households in Tasmania where at least one person was born in Poland. Of those households, 62.0% were one family households and 34.9% were lone person households.