People in Australia who were born in New Zealand

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 483,398 people in Australia who were born in New Zealand. Of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female.

Of the population born in New Zealand who usually live in Australia, 10.3% were aged 0 - 14 years and 8.6% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in New Zealand was 40 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in New Zealand, 44.2% were married, 4.0% were separated, and 10.3% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in New Zealand the median age of married people was 48 years. Of people never married, the median age was 29 years.

Of the population born in New Zealand who usually live in Australia, 19.2% were attending an educational institution. There were 5.1% in primary school, 4.9% in secondary school and 4.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, 24.5% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 12.8% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, 32.5% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand and had a spouse or partner, 56.4% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 39.7% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses to the religion question were No Religion 34.6%, Anglican 15.7%, Catholic 15.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.3% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, 91.2% spoke English only at home. A further 7.8% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand and who were in the labour force, 65.3% worked full-time, 23.4% worked part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand and who were employed, 51.8% worked 40 hours or more per week and 17.6% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand the median age for those who were employed full-time was 41, while the median age for those employed part-time was 42.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.3% and Labourers 11.7%.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Hospitals 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, School Education 2.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 1.9%.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand, the personal weekly median income was $760. Family median weekly income was $1,773 and Household median weekly income was $1,666.

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 63.3% of employed people who were born in New Zealand, travelled to work on census day by car, while 9.0% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 77.7% of people who were born in New Zealand did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 33.5% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in New Zealand and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% 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 Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand 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 New Zealand. Of these families, 49.0% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand 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 New Zealand. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,162 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,319.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in New Zealand 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 New Zealand. Of these families, 27.4% of families had both parents working full-time, 23.2% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 9.9% 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 New Zealand, 73.3% were a separate house, 14.3% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 11.1% 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 New Zealand, 17.6% had two bedrooms, 40.6% had three bedrooms and 35.4% 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 New Zealand, 17.0% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 42.9% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000 and the median weekly rent paid was $341.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in New Zealand' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in New Zealand. Of those households, 76.0% were one family households and 14.0% were lone person households.