Business skills program
Comprises successful business people with established skills in business who have a genuine commitment to owning and managing a business in Australia.
Country of last residence
The country in which the person last lived before coming to Australia to live. Classified according to the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 1998 (cat. no. 1269.0).
Employed
People aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week:
- worked for one hour or more for pay, profit, commission or payment in kind, in a job or business, or on a farm (comprising employees, employers and own account workers); or
- worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or farm (i.e. contributing family workers); or
- were employees who had a job but were not at work and were:
- away from work for less than four weeks up to the end of the reference week; or
- away from work for more than four weeks up to the end of the reference week and received pay for some or all of the four week period to the end of the reference week; or
- away from work as a standard work or shift arrangement; or
- on strike or locked out; or
- on workers’ compensation and expected to be returning to their job; or
- were employers, own account workers who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work.
Family stream
Allows for the migration of immediate family members (such as spouses or fiancés and dependent children) of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens. Places are also available for other family members including parents, orphan relatives, aged dependent relatives, special need relatives and last remaining relatives.
Humanitarian
Comprises 'offshore resettlement' for people overseas, and 'onshore protection' for those people already in Australia who arrived on temporary visas or in an unauthorised manner, and who have been given Australia's protection.
Industry
Classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 1993 (cat. no. 1292.0). In this publication industry relates to the main job and is shown at the ANZSIC Division level.
Labour force
For any group, people who were employed or unemployed, as defined.
Level of highest educational attainment
Level of highest educational attainment identifies the highest achievement a person has attained in any area of study. It is not a measurement of the relative importance of different fields of study but a ranking of qualifications and other educational attainments regardless of the particular area of study or the type of institution in which the study was undertaken. See Appendix 1 for how highest level is derived.
Main applicant
The person on whose application the grant of a visa is decided for that person and his/her dependants.
Main English-speaking countries
Comprises the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and South Africa.
Migrant
A person who was born overseas, who arrived in Australia after 1984, was aged 15 years and over on arrival, and had obtained permanent Australian resident status prior to or after their arrival.
Not in the labour force
People who were not in the categories employed or unemployed as defined.
Occupation
Classified according to the ASCO - Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second Edition (cat. no. 1220.0). In this publication, occupation relates to the current main job and the job just before arrival and is shown at the Major Group level.
Other Income
Comprises profit or loss from own unincorporated business or share in partnership, profit or loss from rental property, dividends or interest, overseas pension or benefit, child support or maintenance, superannuation or annuity, workers' compensation, and other income.
Other overseas born
Comprises people who arrived in Australia before 1985; people who arrived after 1984 and were aged less than 15 years on arrival; and people who arrived after 1984 and were aged 15 years and over on arrival and were either temporary residents who had planned to stay in Australia for 12 months or more, or those whose status was not able to be determined.
Participation rate
For any group, the labour force expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 years and over in the same group.
Permanent resident
For the purposes of this publication a permanent resident is a migrant as defined.
Permanent visa
A permanent visa is the permission or authority granted by Australia for foreign nationals to live in Australia permanently.
Proficiency in spoken English
The response given by a respondent to the question ‘Do you consider you speak English very well, well or not well?'.
Refugee
A person who is subject to persecution in their home country and who is in need of resettlement. The majority of applicants who are considered under this category are identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and referred by UNHCR to Australia.
Reference week
The week preceding the week in which the interview was conducted.
Residency status on most recent arrival to live in Australia
Refers to those people who either came to Australia as migrants or temporary residents as defined. It should be noted that some of the latter group may have since become permanent residents.
Skilled Australian sponsored visa
Migrants who are selected on the basis of their skills, age, English-language ability and family relationship. They must be sponsored by a relative already living in Australia.
Sponsored by employer
Employers may nominate (or 'sponsor') overseas born people, on a permanent basis, to fill vacancies which the employers:
- have been unable to fill from the Australian labour market; or
- have been unable to fill through their own training programs; or
- are responding to identified or emerging labour market (or skill) shortages.
Temporary resident
For the purposes of this publication a temporary resident is a person who was born overseas, who arrived in Australia after 1984, who was aged 15 years and over on arrival, who planned to stay in Australia for 12 months or more and had not obtained permanent Australian resident status.
Temporary visa
The permission or authority granted by Australia for foreign nationals to travel to Australia and stay up to a specified period of time. Temporary entrants include:
- tourists; or
- students; or
- business people for short stays; or
- people with specialist skills, such as managers, academics and medical practitioners; or
- people who make a social or cultural contribution to the community, such as entertainers, media and film staff, sports people, religious workers, visiting academics and public lecturers; or
- people who contribute to the development of international relations, such as diplomatic personnel, participants in exchange programs and working holiday makers.
Unemployed
People aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and:
- had actively looked for full-time or part-time work at any time in the four weeks up to the end of reference week and were available for work in the reference week; or
- were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then.
Unemployment rate
For any group, the number of unemployed people expressed as a percentage of the civilian population in the same group.
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