People in Australia who were born in Colombia

Latest release
2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats
Geography type Australia by Country of Birth of Person
Area code AUS by 8205
People 35,033
Male 46.5%
Female 53.5%
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Australian citizen 33.5%
Not an Australian citizen 66.2%
Families 15,652
Couples with children 5,544
Couples without children 8,949
One parent families 889
Other families 270
All private dwellings 21,970
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167
Median weekly rent (a) $430

(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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Male 16,288 46.5 3,402,657 48.3 8,439,389 49.6 12,545,154 49.3
Female 18,740 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)
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Age
All people 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0-14 years 724 2.1 356,398 5.1 4,074,420 23.9 4,638,004 18.2
15-24 years 2,846 8.1 582,328 8.3 2,304,028 13.5 3,037,348 11.9
25-34 years 16,126 46.0 1,223,677 17.4 2,192,088 12.9 3,624,760 14.3
35-44 years 10,002 28.6 1,336,494 19.0 1,965,654 11.5 3,487,670 13.7
45-54 years 2,745 7.8 1,034,100 14.7 2,044,555 12.0 3,246,908 12.8
55-64 years 1,327 3.8 990,573 14.1 1,861,530 10.9 3,010,014 11.8
65 years and over 1,258 3.6 1,520,133 21.6 2,578,145 15.1 4,378,092 17.2
Median age 33 N/A 45 N/A 34 N/A 38 N/A

More information on Age (AGEP)
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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over		 Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Married 13,355 38.9 3,855,455 57.7 5,359,775 41.4 9,665,708 46.5
Separated 856 2.5 211,874 3.2 415,057 3.2 674,590 3.2
Divorced 2,007 5.9 554,556 8.3 1,154,063 8.9 1,831,952 8.8
Widowed 297 0.9 369,789 5.5 581,182 4.5 1,029,142 5.0
Never married 17,786 51.8 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)
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Education

Type of educational institution attending
All people 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia 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 80 0.2 23,467 0.3 459,920 2.7 484,185 1.9
Primary 417 1.2 200,224 2.8 1,869,486 11.0 2,075,224 8.2
Secondary 461 1.3 247,522 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) 8,259 23.6 242,847 3.4 356,840 2.1 601,901 2.4
Tertiary - University or other higher education 2,729 7.8 406,347 5.8 776,479 4.6 1,185,450 4.7
Tertiary - Total (a) 10,998 31.4 650,568 9.2 1,134,506 6.7 1,789,994 7.0
Other 2,869 8.2 115,704 1.6 125,945 0.7 242,821 1.0
Institution attended, type not stated 211 0.6 88,710 1.3 224,585 1.3 1,456,618 5.7
Not attending an educational institution 19,996 57.1 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)
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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Bachelor Degree level and above 21,261 62.0 2,505,433 37.5 2,943,161 22.7 5,464,631 26.3
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level 3,708 10.8 714,077 10.7 1,222,353 9.4 1,946,738 9.4
Certificate level IV 685 2.0 159,326 2.4 556,932 4.3 719,425 3.5
Certificate level III 1,394 4.1 589,957 8.8 2,003,455 15.5 2,617,766 12.6
Year 12 2,662 7.8 1,037,580 15.5 2,044,418 15.8 3,104,116 14.9
Year 11 1,176 3.4 203,615 3.0 745,842 5.8 958,803 4.6
Year 10 280 0.8 431,799 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 377 1.1 459,998 6.9 1,001,243 7.7 1,490,444 7.2
Inadequately described 1,281 3.7 186,626 2.8 315,214 2.4 506,259 2.4
No educational attainment 55 0.2 140,060 2.1 32,635 0.3 175,844 0.8
Not stated 1,405 4.1 253,286 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Before 1951 0 0.0 70,483 1.0 -- N/A -- N/A
1951 - 1960 7 0.0 274,018 3.9 -- N/A -- N/A
1961 - 1970 81 0.2 558,641 7.9 -- N/A -- N/A
1971 - 1980 778 2.2 545,150 7.7 -- N/A -- N/A
1981 - 1990 851 2.4 787,899 11.2 -- N/A -- N/A
1991 - 2000 1,647 4.7 793,266 11.3 -- N/A -- N/A
2001 - 2010 6,725 19.2 1,557,332 22.1 -- N/A -- N/A
2011 - 2015 6,369 18.2 1,019,922 14.5 -- N/A -- N/A
2016 - 2021 18,152 51.8 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Australian citizen 11,725 33.5 4,359,648 61.9 16,761,128 98.5 21,306,662 83.8
Not an Australian citizen 23,205 66.2 2,641,453 37.5 153,407 0.9 2,808,214 11.0

More information on Australian citizenship (CITP)
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Ancestry, top responses
All people 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Colombian 24,503 69.9 25,464 0.4 6,681 0.0 32,200 0.1
Spanish 5,037 14.4 75,770 1.1 52,233 0.3 128,693 0.5
Hispanic North American 803 2.3 3,434 0.0 1,773 0.0 5,216 0.0
Italian 408 1.2 224,185 3.2 877,649 5.2 1,108,364 4.4
English 259 0.7 1,453,111 20.6 6,856,899 40.3 8,385,928 33.0

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)
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Birthplace of spouse or partner
People aged 15 years and over, with a spouse or partner 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Spouse or partner born overseas 15,436 76.8 3,049,642 73.3 1,030,879 15.5 4,094,978 37.5
Spouse or partner born in Australia 4,283 21.3 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)
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Religious affiliation, top responses
All people
Results may include 'nfd' for 'not further defined' 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Catholic 21,775 62.2 1,371,350 19.5 3,658,370 21.5 5,075,907 20.0
No Religion, (so described) 8,391 24.0 2,110,919 30.0 7,594,714 44.6 9,767,448 38.4
Christianity, nfd 2,425 6.9 266,874 3.8 416,631 2.4 688,440 2.7
Pentecostal 551 1.6 92,582 1.3 161,656 0.9 255,838 1.0
Not stated 534 1.5 167,331 2.4 417,699 2.5 1,751,052 6.9

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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Speaks English only 3,733 10.7 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 28,320 80.8 3,451,232 49.0 1,375,134 8.1 4,857,672 19.1
Not well or not at all 2,841 8.1 701,539 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
In the labour force 28,701 83.7 4,131,747 61.8 8,497,648 65.6 12,695,853 61.1
Not in the labour force 5,362 15.6 2,465,673 36.9 4,310,156 33.3 6,888,081 33.1
Not stated 239 0.7 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Worked full-time 11,158 38.9 2,317,987 56.1 4,746,039 55.9 7,095,103 55.9
Worked part-time 14,246 49.6 1,273,732 30.8 2,668,497 31.4 3,962,550 31.2
Away from work (a) 1,815 6.3 306,960 7.4 674,400 7.9 991,758 7.8
Unemployed 1,487 5.2 233,066 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)
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Employment, hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0 hours (away from work) 1,492 5.5 231,904 5.9 551,503 6.8 787,382 6.5
1-19 hours 4,214 15.5 494,636 12.7 1,178,048 14.6 1,681,120 14.0
20-29 hours 8,287 30.5 483,745 12.4 882,605 10.9 1,373,403 11.4
30-34 hours 1,738 6.4 295,349 7.6 607,856 7.5 908,031 7.5
35-39 hours 5,048 18.5 911,816 23.4 1,564,691 19.3 2,487,056 20.6
40-44 hours 4,331 15.9 838,940 21.5 1,599,059 19.8 2,448,402 20.3
45 hours or more 1,780 6.5 567,229 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)
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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Labourers 7,211 26.5 394,251 10.1 682,656 8.4 1,086,120 9.0
Professionals 5,227 19.2 1,060,914 27.2 1,818,658 22.5 2,886,921 24.0
Community and Personal Service Workers 3,576 13.1 457,586 11.7 917,350 11.3 1,382,205 11.5
Technicians and Trades Workers 3,035 11.2 446,641 11.5 1,099,040 13.6 1,554,313 12.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 2,452 9.0 442,152 11.3 1,077,967 13.3 1,525,311 12.7
Managers 2,442 9.0 504,524 12.9 1,133,858 14.0 1,645,769 13.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 1,672 6.1 263,396 6.8 486,282 6.0 755,863 6.3
Sales Workers 1,228 4.5 250,222 6.4 732,006 9.0 986,433 8.2

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services 4,573 16.8 73,187 1.9 71,015 0.9 145,595 1.2
Cafes and Restaurants 2,355 8.7 132,087 3.4 135,070 1.7 268,005 2.2
Other Social Assistance Services 660 2.4 89,390 2.3 187,254 2.3 278,221 2.3
Computer System Design and Related Services 614 2.3 118,020 3.0 103,366 1.3 221,712 1.8
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 527 1.9 196,113 5.0 346,944 4.3 545,158 4.5

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
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Median weekly incomes (a)
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Personal (b) $872 N/A $784 N/A $823 N/A $805 N/A
Family (c) $2,245 N/A $2,131 N/A $2,128 N/A $2,120 N/A
Household (d) $2,275 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
By car, only (a) 11,843 43.5 2,064,873 53.0 4,733,828 58.5 6,837,699 56.7
By bus and/or train, only 3,142 11.5 218,142 5.6 177,987 2.2 397,924 3.3
Other (b) 5,004 18.4 301,955 7.7 498,763 6.2 805,921 6.7
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked from home 4,598 16.9 912,371 23.4 1,611,612 19.9 2,531,262 21.0
Did not go to work 2,551 9.4 382,505 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)
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Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census night) 20,196 58.9 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) 7,022 20.5 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) 1,433 4.2 681,582 10.2 1,771,125 13.7 2,476,681 11.9
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 3,437 10.0 795,926 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)
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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Less than 5 hours 7,276 21.2 1,133,335 16.9 2,960,017 22.9 4,117,135 19.8
5 to 14 hours 8,610 25.1 1,746,834 26.1 3,884,743 30.0 5,663,904 27.3
15 to 29 hours 2,639 7.7 819,760 12.3 1,673,837 12.9 2,511,024 12.1
30 hours or more 1,667 4.9 620,570 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)
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Health

Type of long-term health condition
All people 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Arthritis 734 2.1 603,968 8.6 1,508,195 8.9 2,150,396 8.5
Asthma 1,161 3.3 370,156 5.3 1,680,155 9.9 2,068,020 8.1
Cancer (including remission) 247 0.7 210,527 3.0 510,761 3.0 732,152 2.9
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 25 0.1 70,476 1.0 112,877 0.7 189,162 0.7
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 347 1.0 473,456 6.7 705,538 4.1 1,198,721 4.7
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 207 0.6 318,878 4.5 661,353 3.9 999,096 3.9
Kidney disease 74 0.2 74,048 1.1 152,876 0.9 231,777 0.9
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 74 0.2 110,277 1.6 320,950 1.9 441,109 1.7
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 1,061 3.0 394,410 5.6 1,816,564 10.7 2,231,543 8.8
Stroke 54 0.2 75,772 1.1 153,349 0.9 234,609 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 1,404 4.0 561,604 8.0 1,463,556 8.6 2,041,929 8.0
No long-term health condition(s) 29,870 85.3 4,743,435 67.3 10,457,824 61.4 15,292,718 60.2
Not stated 800 2.3 205,770 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None of the selected conditions 30,896 88.2 5,038,530 71.5 11,166,604 65.6 16,302,537 64.1
One condition 2,821 8.1 1,210,091 17.2 3,531,980 20.8 4,791,516 18.8
Two conditions 423 1.2 380,932 5.4 1,087,504 6.4 1,490,344 5.9
Three or more conditions 93 0.3 208,387 3.0 547,454 3.2 772,142 3.0
Not stated 800 2.3 205,770 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)
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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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Couple family without children 8,949 57.2 1,198,120 39.2 1,374,082 38.2 2,608,834 38.8
Couple family with children 5,544 35.4 1,467,681 48.0 1,457,518 40.5 2,944,140 43.7
One parent family 889 5.7 349,130 11.4 701,915 19.5 1,068,268 15.9
Other family 270 1.7 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Families with a child under 5 2,907 18.6 506,674 16.6 570,851 15.9 1,084,722 16.1
Families with a child aged 0-15 years 5,262 33.6 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Both employed, worked full-time 3,683 25.4 574,561 21.6 655,579 23.2 1,234,626 22.2
Both employed, worked part-time 2,177 15.0 136,663 5.1 125,991 4.4 264,182 4.8
One employed full-time, one part-time 3,343 23.1 490,075 18.4 660,481 23.3 1,155,042 20.8
One employed full-time, other not working 1,638 11.3 381,652 14.3 307,313 10.9 692,497 12.5
One employed part-time, other not working 918 6.3 183,108 6.9 154,257 5.4 339,960 6.1
Both not working 937 6.5 592,388 22.2 549,622 19.4 1,163,744 21.0
Other (includes away from work) 1,335 9.2 207,628 7.8 238,454 8.4 449,640 8.1
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 458 3.2 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Separate house 7,355 33.5 2,597,529 67.3 4,017,909 76.0 6,710,582 72.3
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 3,486 15.9 516,632 13.4 632,768 12.0 1,168,860 12.6
Flat or apartment 10,933 49.8 716,684 18.6 587,872 11.1 1,319,095 14.2
Other dwelling 114 0.5 18,285 0.5 33,985 0.6 54,711 0.6

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None (includes studio apartments or bedsitters) 215 1.0 18,536 0.5 24,918 0.5 44,864 0.5
1 bedroom 3,065 14.0 212,333 5.5 267,670 5.1 488,681 5.3
2 bedrooms 8,229 37.5 770,462 20.0 971,309 18.4 1,768,530 19.1
3 bedrooms 6,009 27.4 1,392,729 36.1 2,175,684 41.2 3,617,803 39.0
4 or more bedrooms 4,269 19.4 1,418,204 36.8 1,781,574 33.7 3,224,351 34.8
Number of bedrooms not stated 192 0.9 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 Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
One family households 15,901 72.4 2,874,594 74.5 3,415,594 64.6 6,362,995 68.6
Multiple family households 401 1.8 115,274 3.0 62,492 1.2 179,653 1.9
Single (or lone) person households 2,202 10.0 688,396 17.8 1,631,558 30.9 2,370,742 25.6
Group households 3,467 15.8 179,883 4.7 175,208 3.3 361,822 3.9

More information on Household composition (HHCD)
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Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Owned outright 1,425 6.5 1,116,938 29.0 1,705,358 32.3 2,872,331 31.0
Owned with a mortgage (a) 4,982 22.7 1,370,132 35.5 1,852,948 35.1 3,242,449 35.0
Rented (b) 15,182 69.1 1,260,725 32.7 1,546,509 29.3 2,842,378 30.6
Other tenure type (c) 195 0.9 60,963 1.6 116,514 2.2 181,518 2.0
Not stated 194 0.9 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)
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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Colombia % Born in Colombia Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167 N/A $2,000 N/A $1,733 N/A $1,863 N/A
Median weekly rent (a) $430 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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