People in Australia who were born in Egypt

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 36,532 people in Australia who were born in Egypt. Of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female.

Of the population born in Egypt who usually live in Australia, 6.4% were aged 0 - 14 years and 31.9% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Egypt was 56 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Egypt, 65.3% were married, 3.6% were separated, and 8.6% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Egypt the median age of married people was 57 years. Of people never married, the median age was 27 years.

Of the population born in Egypt who usually live in Australia, 16.5% were attending an educational institution. There were 3.9% in primary school, 1.9% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, 12.6% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 7.8% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, 85.7% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt and had a spouse or partner, 79.2% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 19.2% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, the most common responses to the religion question were Oriental Orthodox 36.2%, Catholic 21.9%, Eastern Orthodox 14.8%, Islam 12.9% and No Religion 2.7%.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, 20.3% spoke English only at home. A further 70.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt and who were in the labour force, 57.5% worked full-time, 29.2% worked part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt and who were employed, 43.2% worked 40 hours or more per week and 18.9% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt the median age for those who were employed full-time was 49, while the median age for those employed part-time was 51.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 32.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Managers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 8.6%.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, the most common responses for industry of employment were School Education 5.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.9%, Medical Services 4.7%, Hospitals 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt, the personal weekly median income was $423. Family median weekly income was $1,335 and Household median weekly income was $1,093.

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 70.3% of employed people who were born in Egypt, travelled to work on census day by car, while 9.6% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 57.9% of people who were born in Egypt did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 23.2% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Egypt and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% 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 Egypt 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 Egypt. Of these families, 48.9% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Egypt 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 Egypt. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,085 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,501.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Egypt 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 Egypt. Of these families, 14.5% of families had both parents working full-time, 15.0% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 32.1% 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 Egypt, 71.2% were a separate house, 17.2% 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 Egypt, 18.4% had two bedrooms, 41.6% had three bedrooms and 33.4% 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 Egypt, 41.3% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,965 and the median weekly rent paid was $290.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Egypt' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Egypt. Of those households, 76.9% were one family households and 18.1% were lone person households.