People in Australia who were born in Sudan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,370 people in Australia who were born in Sudan. Of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female.

Of the population born in Sudan who usually live in Australia, 17.1% were aged 0 - 14 years and 3.2% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Sudan was 28 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Sudan, 43.7% were married, 7.6% were separated, and 3.4% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Sudan the median age of married people was 38 years. Of people never married, the median age was 21 years.

Of the population born in Sudan who usually live in Australia, 57.8% were attending an educational institution. There were 9.0% in primary school, 13.1% in secondary school and 21.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, 25.1% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 50.5% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, 73.8% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan and had a spouse or partner, 93.3% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 4.3% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 33.5%, Anglican 16.4%, Islam 16.0%, Oriental Orthodox 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, 5.8% spoke English only at home. A further 75.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan and who were in the labour force, 39.9% worked full-time, 26.8% worked part-time and 25.4% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan and who were employed, 28.3% worked 40 hours or more per week and 25.2% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan the median age for those who were employed full-time was 36, while the median age for those employed part-time was 34.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers 26.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.5%, Professionals 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, the most common responses for industry of employment were Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.6%, Residential Care Services 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9%.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan, the personal weekly median income was $294. Family median weekly income was $805 and Household median weekly income was $814.

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 67.8% of employed people who were born in Sudan, travelled to work on census day by car, while 12.3% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 47.3% of people who were born in Sudan did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 32.6% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Sudan and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 14.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% 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 Sudan 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 Sudan. Of these families, 54.1% were couple families with children, 10.2% were couple families without children and 32.6% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Sudan 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 Sudan. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,991 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,727.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Sudan 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 Sudan. Of these families, 8.3% of families had both parents working full-time, 9.3% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 30.4% 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 Sudan, 63.3% were a separate house, 23.3% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 12.9% 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 Sudan, 20.4% had two bedrooms, 39.7% had three bedrooms and 29.7% 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 Sudan, 6.9% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 68.4% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,972 and the median weekly rent paid was $270.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Sudan' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Sudan. Of those households, 82.0% were one family households and 10.1% were lone person households.