People in Greater Melbourne who were born in Thailand

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,522 people in Greater Melbourne who were born in Thailand. Of these 34.7% were male and 65.3% were female.

Of the population born in Thailand who usually live in Greater Melbourne, 13.7% were aged 0 - 14 years and 1.5% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Melbourne who were born in Thailand was 29 years.

Of people in Greater Melbourne aged 15 years and over who were born in Thailand, 41.3% were married, 2.5% were separated, and 6.0% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Melbourne and who were born in Thailand the median age of married people was 36 years. Of people never married, the median age was 26 years.

Of the population born in Thailand who usually live in Greater Melbourne, 40.6% were attending an educational institution. There were 7.4% in primary school, 7.2% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, 41.9% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 16.7% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, 47.7% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand and had a spouse or partner, 57.3% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 39.8% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses to the religion question were Buddhism 69.7%, No Religion 8.2%, Baptist 5.7%, Catholic 4.0% and Anglican 3.7%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, 17.5% spoke English only at home. A further 65.1% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand and who were in the labour force, 50.4% worked full-time, 35.6% worked part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand and who were employed, 33.5% worked 40 hours or more per week and 21.9% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand the median age for those who were employed full-time was 32, while the median age for those employed part-time was 31.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses for occupation were Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.7%, Labourers 17.1%, Professionals 14.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 25.1%, Allied Health Services 3.6%, Accommodation 3.1%, Hospitals 2.3% and Tertiary Education 2.2%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Thailand, the personal weekly median income was $378. Family median weekly income was $1,377 and Household median weekly income was $1,352.

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 Greater Melbourne 54.9% of employed people who were born in Thailand, travelled to work on census day by car, while 14.1% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Melbourne 63.5% of people who were born in Thailand did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 24.9% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Melbourne 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, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% 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 Greater Melbourne. 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, 44.4% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Greater Melbourne. 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 $1,851 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,906.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Melbourne. 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, 24.1% of families had both parents working full-time, 17.0% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 9.5% 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 Greater Melbourne. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Thailand, 63.0% were a separate house, 25.1% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 11.2% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Melbourne. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Thailand, 22.9% had two bedrooms, 42.0% had three bedrooms and 25.4% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Melbourne. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in Thailand, 17.9% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 43.0% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900 and the median weekly rent paid was $310.

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 Greater Melbourne where at least one person was born in Thailand. Of those households, 75.4% were one family households and 9.1% were lone person households.