People in Australia who were born in Greece

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 99,938 people in Australia who were born in Greece. Of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female.

Of the population born in Greece who usually live in Australia, 0.8% were aged 0 - 14 years and 59.2% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Greece was 67 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Greece, 70.7% were married, 2.8% were separated, and 6.9% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Greece the median age of married people was 67 years. Of people never married, the median age was 46 years.

Of the population born in Greece who usually live in Australia, 5.5% were attending an educational institution. There were 0.4% in primary school, 0.5% in secondary school and 0.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, 1.2% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 0.7% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, 96.2% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece and had a spouse or partner, 82.5% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 15.7% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, the most common responses to the religion question were Eastern Orthodox 93.4%, No Religion 1.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 0.7%, Catholic 0.6% and Christian, nfd 0.4%.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, 7.4% spoke English only at home. A further 59.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Greece and who were in the labour force, 59.3% worked full-time, 29.2% worked part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece and who were employed, 44.3% worked 40 hours or more per week and 17.8% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece the median age for those who were employed full-time was 53, while the median age for those employed part-time was 57.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Managers 15.6%, Professionals 13.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2%, School Education 3.5%, Building Completion Services 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece, the personal weekly median income was $321. Family median weekly income was $984 and Household median weekly income was $852.

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 71.4% of employed people who were born in Greece, travelled to work on census day by car, while 6.0% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 63.4% of people who were born in Greece did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 20.5% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Greece and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% 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 Greece 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 Greece. Of these families, 40.4% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Greece 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 Greece. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,653 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,369.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Greece 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 Greece. Of these families, 10.0% of families had both parents working full-time, 10.0% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 53.0% 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 Greece, 84.0% were a separate house, 7.6% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 8.0% 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 Greece, 13.3% had two bedrooms, 53.2% had three bedrooms and 28.7% 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 Greece, 66.8% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.6% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733 and the median weekly rent paid was $250.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Greece' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Greece. Of those households, 76.6% were one family households and 18.8% were lone person households.