People in Australia who were born in Italy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 185,402 people in Australia who were born in Italy. Of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female.

Of the population born in Italy who usually live in Australia, 0.6% were aged 0 - 14 years and 58.6% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Italy was 68 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Italy, 66.8% were married, 2.4% were separated, and 6.8% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Italy the median age of married people was 67 years. Of people never married, the median age was 47 years.

Of the population born in Italy who usually live in Australia, 6.1% were attending an educational institution. There were 0.3% in primary school, 0.4% in secondary school and 1.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, 2.4% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 1.1% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, 78.9% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy and had a spouse or partner, 73.3% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 25.3% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 91.0%, No Religion 3.3%, Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, Christian, nfd 0.6% and Pentecostal 0.5%.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, 17.8% spoke English only at home. A further 61.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Italy and who were in the labour force, 59.2% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy and who were employed, 43.6% worked 40 hours or more per week and 17.6% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy the median age for those who were employed full-time was 55, while the median age for those employed part-time was 58.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, the most common responses for occupation were Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Managers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Professionals 12.8% and Labourers 11.9%.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.6%, School Education 3.3%, Building Completion Services 2.8% and Specialised Food Retailing 2.2%.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy, the personal weekly median income was $353. Family median weekly income was $1,043 and Household median weekly income was $845.

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 69.0% of employed people who were born in Italy, travelled to work on census day by car, while 5.1% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 61.9% of people who were born in Italy did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 17.2% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Italy and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% 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 Italy 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 Italy. Of these families, 35.6% were couple families with children, 52.5% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Italy 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 Italy. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,715 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,362.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Italy 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 Italy. Of these families, 10.7% of families had both parents working full-time, 13.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 45.4% 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 Italy, 86.6% were a separate house, 6.4% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 6.5% 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 Italy, 11.7% had two bedrooms, 50.6% had three bedrooms and 33.3% 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 Italy, 68.7% were owned outright, 17.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.0% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600 and the median weekly rent paid was $300.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Italy' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Italy. Of those households, 73.1% were one family households and 22.7% were lone person households.