People in Greater Brisbane who were born in Malaysia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,303 people in Greater Brisbane who were born in Malaysia. Of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female.

Of the population born in Malaysia who usually live in Greater Brisbane, 6.0% were aged 0 - 14 years and 7.9% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Brisbane who were born in Malaysia was 37 years.

Of people in Greater Brisbane aged 15 years and over who were born in Malaysia, 52.8% were married, 1.9% were separated, and 5.2% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Brisbane and who were born in Malaysia the median age of married people was 47 years. Of people never married, the median age was 24 years.

Of the population born in Malaysia who usually live in Greater Brisbane, 27.7% were attending an educational institution. There were 3.4% in primary school, 3.3% in secondary school and 18.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, 31.9% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 12.0% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, 49.2% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia and had a spouse or partner, 69.9% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 27.3% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, the most common responses to the religion question were Buddhism 20.6%, No Religion 15.6%, Catholic 15.3%, Islam 8.6% and Anglican 6.2%.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, 35.8% spoke English only at home. A further 60.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia and who were in the labour force, 62.6% worked full-time, 24.9% worked part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia and who were employed, 46.1% worked 40 hours or more per week and 22.4% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia the median age for those who were employed full-time was 40, while the median age for those employed part-time was 41.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 43.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 10.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, the most common responses for industry of employment were Hospitals 7.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.9% and Tertiary Education 4.4%.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia, the personal weekly median income was $648. Family median weekly income was $2,004 and Household median weekly income was $1,801.

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 Brisbane 59.9% of employed people who were born in Malaysia, travelled to work on census day by car, while 17.2% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Brisbane 76.0% of people who were born in Malaysia did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 26.7% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Brisbane of people who were born in Malaysia and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% 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 Brisbane. They are for families where the reference person was born in Malaysia 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 Malaysia. Of these families, 52.3% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Greater Brisbane. They are for families where the reference person was born in Malaysia 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 Malaysia. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,419 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,708.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Brisbane. They are for families where the reference person was born in Malaysia 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 Malaysia. Of these families, 26.9% of families had both parents working full-time, 20.7% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 12.9% 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 Greater Brisbane. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Malaysia, 72.3% were a separate house, 17.3% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 10.3% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Brisbane. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Malaysia, 15.1% had two bedrooms, 34.7% had three bedrooms and 46.0% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Brisbane. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Malaysia, 27.2% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 30.0% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080 and the median weekly rent paid was $365.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Malaysia' includes households in Greater Brisbane where at least one person was born in Malaysia. Of those households, 74.5% were one family households and 11.7% were lone person households.