People in Australia who were born in Romania

Latest release
2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats
Geography type Australia by Country of Birth of Person
Area code AUS by 3211
People 15,268
Male 46.5%
Female 53.5%
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Australian citizen 85.4%
Not an Australian citizen 13.7%
Families 8,049
Couples with children 3,905
Couples without children 3,129
One parent families 959
Other families 55
All private dwellings 10,294
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,900
Median weekly rent (a) $385

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

People
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Male 7,099 46.5 3,402,657 48.3 8,439,389 49.6 12,545,154 49.3
Female 8,165 53.5 3,641,050 51.7 8,581,034 50.4 12,877,635 50.7

More information on Place of usual residence (PURP), Country of birth of person (BPLP), Sex (SEXP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0-14 years 246 1.6 356,398 5.1 4,074,420 23.9 4,638,004 18.2
15-24 years 434 2.8 582,328 8.3 2,304,028 13.5 3,037,348 11.9
25-34 years 1,476 9.7 1,223,677 17.4 2,192,088 12.9 3,624,760 14.3
35-44 years 3,370 22.1 1,336,494 19.0 1,965,654 11.5 3,487,670 13.7
45-54 years 3,368 22.1 1,034,100 14.7 2,044,555 12.0 3,246,908 12.8
55-64 years 2,777 18.2 990,573 14.1 1,861,530 10.9 3,010,014 11.8
65 years and over 3,593 23.5 1,520,133 21.6 2,578,145 15.1 4,378,092 17.2
Median age 51 N/A 45 N/A 34 N/A 38 N/A

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over		 Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Married 9,172 61.1 3,855,455 57.7 5,359,775 41.4 9,665,708 46.5
Separated 742 4.9 211,874 3.2 415,057 3.2 674,590 3.2
Divorced 1,884 12.5 554,556 8.3 1,154,063 8.9 1,831,952 8.8
Widowed 970 6.5 369,789 5.5 581,182 4.5 1,029,142 5.0
Never married 2,255 15.0 1,695,640 25.4 5,435,925 42.0 7,583,393 36.5

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Attending an educational institution:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Pre-school 6 0.0 23,467 0.3 459,920 2.7 484,185 1.9
Primary 157 1.0 200,224 2.8 1,869,486 11.0 2,075,224 8.2
Secondary 171 1.1 247,522 3.5 1,377,355 8.1 1,629,624 6.4
Tertiary:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 308 2.0 242,847 3.4 356,840 2.1 601,901 2.4
Tertiary - University or other higher education 525 3.4 406,347 5.8 776,479 4.6 1,185,450 4.7
Tertiary - Total (a) 836 5.5 650,568 9.2 1,134,506 6.7 1,789,994 7.0
Other 128 0.8 115,704 1.6 125,945 0.7 242,821 1.0
Institution attended, type not stated 211 1.4 88,710 1.3 224,585 1.3 1,456,618 5.7
Not attending an educational institution 13,753 90.1 5,717,505 81.2 11,828,632 69.5 17,744,325 69.8

(a) Includes Tertiary - not further defined.

More information on Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Bachelor Degree level and above 5,533 36.8 2,505,433 37.5 2,943,161 22.7 5,464,631 26.3
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level 1,692 11.3 714,077 10.7 1,222,353 9.4 1,946,738 9.4
Certificate level IV 470 3.1 159,326 2.4 556,932 4.3 719,425 3.5
Certificate level III 1,887 12.6 589,957 8.8 2,003,455 15.5 2,617,766 12.6
Year 12 2,312 15.4 1,037,580 15.5 2,044,418 15.8 3,104,116 14.9
Year 11 300 2.0 203,615 3.0 745,842 5.8 958,803 4.6
Year 10 733 4.9 431,799 6.5 1,624,637 12.5 2,086,306 10.0
Certificate level II 4 0.0 3,685 0.1 9,838 0.1 13,687 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 1,022 0.0 1,557 0.0 2,614 0.0
Year 9 or below 676 4.5 459,998 6.9 1,001,243 7.7 1,490,444 7.2
Inadequately described 568 3.8 186,626 2.8 315,214 2.4 506,259 2.4
No educational attainment 93 0.6 140,060 2.1 32,635 0.3 175,844 0.8
Not stated 747 5.0 253,286 3.8 442,198 3.4 1,694,773 8.2

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
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Cultural diversity

Year of arrival
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Before 1951 171 1.1 70,483 1.0 -- N/A -- N/A
1951 - 1960 277 1.8 274,018 3.9 -- N/A -- N/A
1961 - 1970 259 1.7 558,641 7.9 -- N/A -- N/A
1971 - 1980 850 5.6 545,150 7.7 -- N/A -- N/A
1981 - 1990 4,769 31.2 787,899 11.2 -- N/A -- N/A
1991 - 2000 3,056 20.0 793,266 11.3 -- N/A -- N/A
2001 - 2010 2,984 19.5 1,557,332 22.1 -- N/A -- N/A
2011 - 2015 1,538 10.1 1,019,922 14.5 -- N/A -- N/A
2016 - 2021 1,045 6.8 1,265,544 18.0 -- N/A -- N/A
Born in Australia -- N/A -- N/A 17,020,422 N/A -- N/A

More information on Year of arrival in Australia (YARP)
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Citizenship
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Australian citizen 13,046 85.4 4,359,648 61.9 16,761,128 98.5 21,306,662 83.8
Not an Australian citizen 2,090 13.7 2,641,453 37.5 153,407 0.9 2,808,214 11.0

More information on Australian citizenship (CITP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Romanian 12,649 82.8 15,610 0.2 12,247 0.1 28,103 0.1
Hungarian 1,525 10.0 28,464 0.4 51,882 0.3 81,029 0.3
German 492 3.2 175,473 2.5 843,293 5.0 1,026,138 4.0
Greek 237 1.6 106,647 1.5 315,118 1.9 424,744 1.7
Australian 223 1.5 217,912 3.1 7,319,954 43.0 7,596,753 29.9

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry).

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Birthplace of spouse or partner
People aged 15 years and over, with a spouse or partner 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Spouse or partner born overseas 7,902 79.2 3,049,642 73.3 1,030,879 15.5 4,094,978 37.5
Spouse or partner born in Australia 1,910 19.2 1,030,877 24.8 5,477,061 82.5 6,519,145 59.7

More information on Country of birth of person (BPLP), Spouse/partner indicator (SPIP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Religious affiliation, top responses
All people
Results may include 'nfd' for 'not further defined' 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Eastern Orthodox 4,680 30.7 203,073 2.9 327,287 1.9 535,470 2.1
Christianity, nfd 2,703 17.7 266,874 3.8 416,631 2.4 688,440 2.7
No Religion, (so described) 2,543 16.7 2,110,919 30.0 7,594,714 44.6 9,767,448 38.4
Catholic 1,348 8.8 1,371,350 19.5 3,658,370 21.5 5,075,907 20.0
Pentecostal 993 6.5 92,582 1.3 161,656 0.9 255,838 1.0

Note: 'No Religion, (so described)' does not include those who reported Secular and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as Atheism, Agnosticism and Own Spiritual Beliefs.

More information on Religious affiliation (RELP)
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English language proficiency
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Speaks English only 4,130 27.1 2,847,274 40.4 15,316,963 90.0 18,303,662 72.0
Speaks other language and speaks English:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Very well or well 9,857 64.6 3,451,232 49.0 1,375,134 8.1 4,857,672 19.1
Not well or not at all 1,139 7.5 701,539 10.0 162,830 1.0 872,213 3.4

More information on Proficiency in spoken English (ENGLP), Language used at home (LANP)
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Income and work

Participation in the labour force
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
In the labour force 9,298 61.9 4,131,747 61.8 8,497,648 65.6 12,695,853 61.1
Not in the labour force 5,458 36.3 2,465,673 36.9 4,310,156 33.3 6,888,081 33.1
Not stated 263 1.8 89,893 1.3 138,196 1.1 1,200,851 5.8

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
People who reported being in the labour force, 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Worked full-time 5,762 62.0 2,317,987 56.1 4,746,039 55.9 7,095,103 55.9
Worked part-time 2,448 26.3 1,273,732 30.8 2,668,497 31.4 3,962,550 31.2
Away from work (a) 599 6.4 306,960 7.4 674,400 7.9 991,758 7.8
Unemployed 492 5.3 233,066 5.6 408,703 4.8 646,442 5.1

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 years and over who stated they were in the labour force.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment, hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0 hours (away from work) 426 4.8 231,904 5.9 551,503 6.8 787,382 6.5
1-19 hours 860 9.8 494,636 12.7 1,178,048 14.6 1,681,120 14.0
20-29 hours 929 10.6 483,745 12.4 882,605 10.9 1,373,403 11.4
30-34 hours 659 7.5 295,349 7.6 607,856 7.5 908,031 7.5
35-39 hours 1,980 22.5 911,816 23.4 1,564,691 19.3 2,487,056 20.6
40-44 hours 2,306 26.2 838,940 21.5 1,599,059 19.8 2,448,402 20.3
45 hours or more 1,470 16.7 567,229 14.5 1,582,294 19.6 2,159,645 17.9

Note: Records the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night for employed people aged 15 years and over. This excludes any time off but includes any overtime or extra time worked.

More information on Hours worked (HRSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Professionals 2,653 30.1 1,060,914 27.2 1,818,658 22.5 2,886,921 24.0
Managers 1,194 13.6 504,524 12.9 1,133,858 14.0 1,645,769 13.7
Technicians and Trades Workers 1,157 13.1 446,641 11.5 1,099,040 13.6 1,554,313 12.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 997 11.3 442,152 11.3 1,077,967 13.3 1,525,311 12.7
Community and Personal Service Workers 853 9.7 457,586 11.7 917,350 11.3 1,382,205 11.5
Labourers 718 8.2 394,251 10.1 682,656 8.4 1,086,120 9.0
Machinery Operators and Drivers 643 7.3 263,396 6.8 486,282 6.0 755,863 6.3
Sales Workers 407 4.6 250,222 6.4 732,006 9.0 986,433 8.2

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 483 5.5 196,113 5.0 346,944 4.3 545,158 4.5
Computer System Design and Related Services 289 3.3 118,020 3.0 103,366 1.3 221,712 1.8
Aged Care Residential Services 223 2.5 130,229 3.3 126,181 1.6 258,274 2.1
Painting and Decorating Services 194 2.2 17,234 0.4 25,253 0.3 42,857 0.4
Higher Education 185 2.1 67,371 1.7 90,880 1.1 158,526 1.3

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Personal (b) $861 N/A $784 N/A $823 N/A $805 N/A
Family (c) $2,246 N/A $2,131 N/A $2,128 N/A $2,120 N/A
Household (d) $1,986 N/A $1,936 N/A $1,635 N/A $1,746 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Family for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any family member to country of birth. Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.
(d) Household for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any household member (enumerated in the dwelling) to country of birth. Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.

More information on Total personal income (INCP), Total family income (FINF), Total household income (HIND)
Personal median weekly income data based on place of usual residence
Family and household median weekly income data based on place of enumeration

Method of travel to work on the day of the Census
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
By car, only (a) 4,938 56.1 2,064,873 53.0 4,733,828 58.5 6,837,699 56.7
By bus and/or train, only 267 3.0 218,142 5.6 177,987 2.2 397,924 3.3
Other (b) 565 6.4 301,955 7.7 498,763 6.2 805,921 6.7
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked from home 2,246 25.5 912,371 23.4 1,611,612 19.9 2,531,262 21.0
Did not go to work 730 8.3 382,505 9.8 1,029,802 12.7 1,417,449 11.8

Note: Respondents had the option to report up to three methods of transport to work on the day of the Census.

(a) Includes people who travelled to work by car only, as the driver and/or as the passenger.
(b) Includes all other singular and multi-modal methods of travel to work.

More information on Method of travel to work (MTWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census night) 10,582 70.5 4,320,499 64.6 9,666,086 74.7 14,077,657 67.7
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census night) 4,478 29.8 1,894,196 28.3 3,548,977 27.4 5,471,756 26.3
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census night) 1,677 11.2 681,582 10.2 1,771,125 13.7 2,476,681 11.9
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 1,538 10.2 795,926 11.9 2,118,782 16.4 2,933,646 14.1

More information on Unpaid domestic work (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Less than 5 hours 2,667 17.8 1,133,335 16.9 2,960,017 22.9 4,117,135 19.8
5 to 14 hours 4,461 29.7 1,746,834 26.1 3,884,743 30.0 5,663,904 27.3
15 to 29 hours 1,987 13.2 819,760 12.3 1,673,837 12.9 2,511,024 12.1
30 hours or more 1,463 9.7 620,570 9.3 1,147,488 8.9 1,785,591 8.6

Note: Measures the time spent during the week before the Census doing domestic work without pay for themselves and their household.

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Arthritis 1,596 10.5 603,968 8.6 1,508,195 8.9 2,150,396 8.5
Asthma 524 3.4 370,156 5.3 1,680,155 9.9 2,068,020 8.1
Cancer (including remission) 526 3.4 210,527 3.0 510,761 3.0 732,152 2.9
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 190 1.2 70,476 1.0 112,877 0.7 189,162 0.7
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 1,120 7.3 473,456 6.7 705,538 4.1 1,198,721 4.7
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 945 6.2 318,878 4.5 661,353 3.9 999,096 3.9
Kidney disease 228 1.5 74,048 1.1 152,876 0.9 231,777 0.9
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 253 1.7 110,277 1.6 320,950 1.9 441,109 1.7
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 1,124 7.4 394,410 5.6 1,816,564 10.7 2,231,543 8.8
Stroke 244 1.6 75,772 1.1 153,349 0.9 234,609 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 1,515 9.9 561,604 8.0 1,463,556 8.6 2,041,929 8.0
No long-term health condition(s) 9,716 63.6 4,743,435 67.3 10,457,824 61.4 15,292,718 60.2
Not stated 520 3.4 205,770 2.9 686,884 4.0 2,066,251 8.1

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
All people 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None of the selected conditions 10,486 68.7 5,038,530 71.5 11,166,604 65.6 16,302,537 64.1
One condition 2,742 18.0 1,210,091 17.2 3,531,980 20.8 4,791,516 18.8
Two conditions 920 6.0 380,932 5.4 1,087,504 6.4 1,490,344 5.9
Three or more conditions 596 3.9 208,387 3.0 547,454 3.2 772,142 3.0
Not stated 520 3.4 205,770 2.9 686,884 4.0 2,066,251 8.1

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Families

Families tables count families within the area. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born in the selected country. (a)
Born overseas - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born overseas. This includes families counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column. (b)
Born in Australia - counts families where all people in the family stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes families where any member of the family did not state a country of birth. (c)
Total - counts all families in the selected area. It includes families where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner was born in the selected country. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(b) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner were born overseas. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(c) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where both the reference person and their spouse/partner were born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Family composition
All families 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Couple family without children 3,129 38.9 1,198,120 39.2 1,374,082 38.2 2,608,834 38.8
Couple family with children 3,905 48.5 1,467,681 48.0 1,457,518 40.5 2,944,140 43.7
One parent family 959 11.9 349,130 11.4 701,915 19.5 1,068,268 15.9
Other family 55 0.7 39,581 1.3 66,502 1.8 108,941 1.6

More information on Family composition (FMCF)
Table based on place of enumeration

Families with children
All families 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Families with a child under 5 1,191 14.8 506,674 16.6 570,851 15.9 1,084,722 16.1
Families with a child aged 0-15 years 3,108 38.6 1,181,030 38.7 1,396,766 38.8 2,597,103 38.6

More information on Family composition (FMCF), Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of enumeration

Employment status of couple families
Couple families where parents or partners were aged 15 years and over 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Both employed, worked full-time 1,763 25.1 574,561 21.6 655,579 23.2 1,234,626 22.2
Both employed, worked part-time 328 4.7 136,663 5.1 125,991 4.4 264,182 4.8
One employed full-time, one part-time 1,342 19.1 490,075 18.4 660,481 23.3 1,155,042 20.8
One employed full-time, other not working 1,077 15.3 381,652 14.3 307,313 10.9 692,497 12.5
One employed part-time, other not working 443 6.3 183,108 6.9 154,257 5.4 339,960 6.1
Both not working 1,338 19.0 592,388 22.2 549,622 19.4 1,163,744 21.0
Other (includes away from work) 495 7.0 207,628 7.8 238,454 8.4 449,640 8.1
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 236 3.4 99,730 3.7 139,909 4.9 253,286 4.6

Note: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status of parents/partners in families (LFSF)
Table based on place of enumeration

Housing

Housing tables count occupied private dwellings in the area, excluding visitor only and other non-classifiable households. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born in the selected country.
Born overseas - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born overseas. It includes dwellings counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column.
Born in Australia - counts dwellings where all people in the dwelling stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes households where any occupant did not state a country of birth. (a)
Total - counts all dwellings in the selected area. It includes dwellings where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different from the 2016 definition, which was dwellings where at least one person was born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Separate house 7,030 68.3 2,597,529 67.3 4,017,909 76.0 6,710,582 72.3
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 1,442 14.0 516,632 13.4 632,768 12.0 1,168,860 12.6
Flat or apartment 1,775 17.2 716,684 18.6 587,872 11.1 1,319,095 14.2
Other dwelling 27 0.3 18,285 0.5 33,985 0.6 54,711 0.6

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None (includes studio apartments or bedsitters) 49 0.5 18,536 0.5 24,918 0.5 44,864 0.5
1 bedroom 625 6.1 212,333 5.5 267,670 5.1 488,681 5.3
2 bedrooms 1,943 18.9 770,462 20.0 971,309 18.4 1,768,530 19.1
3 bedrooms 3,976 38.6 1,392,729 36.1 2,175,684 41.2 3,617,803 39.0
4 or more bedrooms 3,560 34.6 1,418,204 36.8 1,781,574 33.7 3,224,351 34.8
Number of bedrooms not stated 144 1.4 45,883 1.2 63,711 1.2 130,989 1.4

More information on Number of bedrooms in a private dwelling (BEDD)
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Household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
One family households 7,752 75.3 2,874,594 74.5 3,415,594 64.6 6,362,995 68.6
Multiple family households 261 2.5 115,274 3.0 62,492 1.2 179,653 1.9
Single (or lone) person households 1,950 18.9 688,396 17.8 1,631,558 30.9 2,370,742 25.6
Group households 326 3.2 179,883 4.7 175,208 3.3 361,822 3.9

More information on Household composition (HHCD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Owned outright 2,800 27.2 1,116,938 29.0 1,705,358 32.3 2,872,331 31.0
Owned with a mortgage (a) 4,113 40.0 1,370,132 35.5 1,852,948 35.1 3,242,449 35.0
Rented (b) 3,068 29.8 1,260,725 32.7 1,546,509 29.3 2,842,378 30.6
Other tenure type (c) 145 1.4 60,963 1.6 116,514 2.2 181,518 2.0
Not stated 158 1.5 49,383 1.3 63,525 1.2 136,538 1.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type.

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
Table based on place of enumeration

Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Romania % Born in Romania Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,900 N/A $2,000 N/A $1,733 N/A $1,863 N/A
Median weekly rent (a) $385 N/A $400 N/A $350 N/A $375 N/A

(a) For 2021, median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent free.

More information on Rent weekly payments (RNTD), Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED)
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