People in Australia who were born in Philippines

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 171,233 people in Australia who were born in Philippines. Of these 37.7% were male and 62.3% were female.

Of the population born in Philippines who usually live in Australia, 9.5% were aged 0 - 14 years and 5.4% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Philippines was 39 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Philippines, 61.9% were married, 3.7% were separated, and 5.6% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Philippines the median age of married people was 44 years. Of people never married, the median age was 25 years.

Of the population born in Philippines who usually live in Australia, 23.1% were attending an educational institution. There were 5.0% in primary school, 5.1% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, 31.4% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 11.1% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, 67.3% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines and had a spouse or partner, 72.9% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 24.6% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 78.6%, Christian, nfd 3.5%, Pentecostal 2.7%, Baptist 2.6% and No Religion 2.0%.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, 22.6% spoke English only at home. A further 73.9% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines and who were in the labour force, 63.8% worked full-time, 25.8% worked part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines and who were employed, 38.0% worked 40 hours or more per week and 29.4% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines the median age for those who were employed full-time was 41, while the median age for those employed part-time was 39.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.2%, Labourers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, the most common responses for industry of employment were Hospitals 8.4%, Residential Care Services 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Accommodation 3.3% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.5%.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines, the personal weekly median income was $673. Family median weekly income was $1,592 and Household median weekly income was $1,588.

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 Australia 60.8% of employed people who were born in Philippines, travelled to work on census day by car, while 17.3% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 64.6% of people who were born in Philippines did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 32.3% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Philippines and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% 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 Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Philippines 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 Philippines. Of these families, 57.6% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Philippines 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 Philippines. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,965 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,190.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Philippines 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 Philippines. Of these families, 29.4% of families had both parents working full-time, 17.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 11.9% 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 Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Philippines, 69.1% were a separate house, 18.5% 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 Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Philippines, 20.3% had two bedrooms, 42.4% had three bedrooms and 31.0% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Australia. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Philippines, 20.8% were owned outright, 39.1% were owned with a mortgage and 37.6% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,005 and the median weekly rent paid was $304.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Philippines' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Philippines. Of those households, 82.4% were one family households and 9.1% were lone person households.