People in Australia who were born in Lebanon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 76,450 people in Australia who were born in Lebanon. Of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female.

Of the population born in Lebanon who usually live in Australia, 2.2% were aged 0 - 14 years and 15.7% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Lebanon was 48 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Lebanon, 72.9% were married, 5.3% were separated, and 6.7% were divorced.

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

Of the population born in Lebanon who usually live in Australia, 10.4% were attending an educational institution. There were 1.0% in primary school, 1.5% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, 7.5% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 7.3% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, 89.8% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon and had a spouse or partner, 76.2% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 21.9% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, the most common responses to the religion question were Islam 43.9%, Catholic 36.6%, Eastern Orthodox 9.4%, No Religion 1.7% and Oriental Orthodox 1.4%.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, 7.4% spoke English only at home. A further 71.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon and who were in the labour force, 53.8% worked full-time, 29.0% worked part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon and who were employed, 43.0% worked 40 hours or more per week and 16.1% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon the median age for those who were employed full-time was 44, while the median age for those employed part-time was 44.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, the most common responses for occupation were Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Managers 16.0%, Professionals 12.5%, Labourers 11.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Building Completion Services 4.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.1%, Road Passenger Transport 2.9% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.8%.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon, the personal weekly median income was $333. Family median weekly income was $1,066 and Household median weekly income was $1,049.

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 72.2% of employed people who were born in Lebanon, travelled to work on census day by car, while 5.8% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 53.6% of people who were born in Lebanon did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 32.3% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Lebanon and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 16.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% 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 Lebanon 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 Lebanon. Of these families, 67.9% were couple families with children, 17.2% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Lebanon 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 Lebanon. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,856 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,053.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Lebanon 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 Lebanon. Of these families, 9.0% of families had both parents working full-time, 10.1% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 35.2% 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 Lebanon, 77.1% were a separate house, 12.5% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 9.8% 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 Lebanon, 15.3% had two bedrooms, 43.0% had three bedrooms and 36.7% 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 Lebanon, 28.0% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 30.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,980 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 Lebanon' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Lebanon. Of those households, 84.2% were one family households and 9.3% were lone person households.