People in Australia who were born in Thailand

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 45,464 people in Australia who were born in Thailand. Of these 32.7% were male and 67.3% were female.

Of the population born in Thailand who usually live in Australia, 12.3% were aged 0 - 14 years and 1.8% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Thailand was 31 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Thailand, 46.4% were married, 3.2% were separated, and 7.3% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in Thailand the median age of married people was 38 years. Of people never married, the median age was 27 years.

Of the population born in Thailand who usually live in Australia, 37.5% were attending an educational institution. There were 6.3% in primary school, 6.7% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, 38.6% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 17.3% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, 50.0% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand and had a spouse or partner, 55.1% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 41.6% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses to the religion question were Buddhism 73.6%, No Religion 6.9%, Baptist 4.7%, Catholic 4.2% and Anglican 2.1%.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, 18.3% spoke English only at home. A further 63.4% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand and who were in the labour force, 48.2% worked full-time, 38.3% worked part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

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In Australia of people who were born in Thailand and who were employed, 30.9% worked 40 hours or more per week and 21.5% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand the median age for those who were employed full-time was 35, while the median age for those employed part-time was 32.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers 23.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.1%, Professionals 11.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 26.5%, Accommodation 4.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5%, Hospitals 2.7% and Allied Health Services 2.7%.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand, the personal weekly median income was $389. Family median weekly income was $1,386 and Household median weekly income was $1,411.

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.

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In Australia 53.7% of employed people who were born in Thailand, travelled to work on census day by car, while 19.4% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 64.3% of people who were born in Thailand did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 25.9% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in Thailand and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% 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 Thailand 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 Thailand. Of these families, 45.1% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Thailand 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 Thailand. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,751 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,956.

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Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in Thailand 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 Thailand. Of these families, 22.7% of families had both parents working full-time, 17.7% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 10.1% 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 Thailand, 61.7% were a separate house, 26.1% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 11.3% 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 Thailand, 24.5% had two bedrooms, 39.1% had three bedrooms and 26.7% 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 Thailand, 18.9% were owned outright, 35.7% were owned with a mortgage and 42.8% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,993 and the median weekly rent paid was $330.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Thailand' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Thailand. Of those households, 78.9% were one family households and 7.7% were lone person households.