People in Rest of Vic. who were born in Chile

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 211 people in Rest of Vic. who were born in Chile. Of these 42.7% were male and 57.3% were female.

Of the population born in Chile who usually live in Rest of Vic., 3.8% were aged 0 - 14 years and 23.0% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Rest of Vic. who were born in Chile was 49 years.

Of people in Rest of Vic. aged 15 years and over who were born in Chile, 57.4% were married, 7.8% were separated, and 14.7% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Rest of Vic. and who were born in Chile the median age of married people was 54 years. Of people never married, the median age was 32 years.

Of the population born in Chile who usually live in Rest of Vic., 17.0% were attending an educational institution. There were 1.4% in primary school, 3.3% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, 9.6% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 1.4% from 2001 - 2005.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, 75.2% were Australian citizens.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile and had a spouse or partner, 45.5% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 54.5% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 52.9%, No Religion 18.8%, Anglican 3.8%, Christian, nfd 2.9% and Seventh-day Adventist 2.4%.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, 35.2% spoke English only at home. A further 56.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile and who were in the labour force, 53.8% worked full-time, 34.0% worked part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile and who were employed, 35.4% worked 40 hours or more per week and 24.2% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile the median age for those who were employed full-time was 44, while the median age for those employed part-time was 45.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Labourers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, the most common responses for industry of employment were Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 8.2%, Tertiary Education 6.1%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.1%, School Education 5.1% and Forestry Support Services 4.1%.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile, the personal weekly median income was $468. Family median weekly income was $1,329 and Household median weekly income was $1,028.

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 Rest of Vic. 73.0% of employed people who were born in Chile, travelled to work on census day by car, while 3.0% travelled by bus or train.

In Rest of Vic. 67.5% of people who were born in Chile did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 28.3% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Rest of Vic. of people who were born in Chile and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% 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 Rest of Vic.. They are for families where the reference person was born in Chile 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 Chile. Of these families, 42.5% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Rest of Vic.. They are for families where the reference person was born in Chile 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 Chile. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,041 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Rest of Vic.. They are for families where the reference person was born in Chile 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 Chile. Of these families, 16.3% of families had both parents working full-time, 17.3% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 21.2% 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 Rest of Vic.. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Chile, 90.6% were a separate house, 4.7% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 4.7% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Rest of Vic.. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Chile, 12.5% had two bedrooms, 50.7% had three bedrooms and 29.6% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Rest of Vic.. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Chile, 24.7% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 32.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,424 and the median weekly rent paid was $210.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Chile' includes households in Rest of Vic. where at least one person was born in Chile. Of those households, 82.6% were one family households and 12.1% were lone person households.