People in Greater Melbourne who were born in Indonesia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,705 people in Greater Melbourne who were born in Indonesia. Of these 45.8% were male and 54.2% were female.

Of the population born in Indonesia who usually live in Greater Melbourne, 5.3% were aged 0 - 14 years and 5.2% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Melbourne who were born in Indonesia was 30 years.

Of people in Greater Melbourne aged 15 years and over who were born in Indonesia, 46.6% were married, 1.3% were separated, and 2.7% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Melbourne and who were born in Indonesia the median age of married people was 37 years. Of people never married, the median age was 23 years.

Of the population born in Indonesia who usually live in Greater Melbourne, 36.2% were attending an educational institution. There were 2.7% in primary school, 3.1% in secondary school and 26.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, 37.2% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 19.4% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, 28.7% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia and had a spouse or partner, 79.5% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 17.5% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, the most common responses to the religion question were Catholic 28.5%, Islam 17.0%, Buddhism 12.4%, Christian, nfd 7.9% and No Religion 6.7%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, 13.0% spoke English only at home. A further 80.7% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia and who were in the labour force, 56.5% worked full-time, 27.5% worked part-time and 10.9% were unemployed.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia and who were employed, 41.4% worked 40 hours or more per week and 22.1% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia the median age for those who were employed full-time was 32, while the median age for those employed part-time was 30.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 30.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Labourers 10.0%, Managers 9.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 12.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia, the personal weekly median income was $493. Family median weekly income was $1,462 and Household median weekly income was $1,303.

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 47.4% of employed people who were born in Indonesia, travelled to work on census day by car, while 15.1% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Melbourne 62.8% of people who were born in Indonesia did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 25.3% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Melbourne of people who were born in Indonesia and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% 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 Indonesia 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 Indonesia. Of these families, 48.7% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 6.2% 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 Indonesia 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 Indonesia. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $2,084 and for families with children the median weekly income was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Melbourne. They are for families where the reference person was born in Indonesia 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 Indonesia. Of these families, 23.8% of families had both parents working full-time, 17.5% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 12.8% 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 Indonesia, 50.5% were a separate house, 37.3% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 12.0% 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 Indonesia, 27.1% had two bedrooms, 36.5% had three bedrooms and 24.5% 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 Indonesia, 22.0% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 40.2% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000 and the median weekly rent paid was $346.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in Indonesia' includes households in Greater Melbourne where at least one person was born in Indonesia. Of those households, 68.6% were one family households and 16.5% were lone person households.