People in Australia who were born in South Korea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 74,538 people in Australia who were born in South Korea. Of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female.

Of the population born in South Korea who usually live in Australia, 9.7% were aged 0 - 14 years and 4.8% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in South Korea was 32 years.

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in South Korea, 55.8% were married, 1.4% were separated, and 3.1% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Australia and who were born in South Korea the median age of married people was 41 years. Of people never married, the median age was 25 years.

Of the population born in South Korea who usually live in Australia, 35.9% were attending an educational institution. There were 5.1% in primary school, 6.6% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, 38.7% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 18.7% from 2001 - 2005.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, 39.1% were Australian citizens.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea and had a spouse or partner, 90.1% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 7.7% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, the most common responses to the religion question were No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 22.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 21.6%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Buddhism 5.6%.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, 9.3% spoke English only at home. A further 59.0% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea and who were in the labour force, 50.4% worked full-time, 34.7% worked part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea and who were employed, 38.5% worked 40 hours or more per week and 17.0% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea 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 South Korea, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 17.0%, Managers 12.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, the most common responses for industry of employment were Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 13.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.4%, Building Completion Services 3.1%, Hospitals 3.1% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.6%.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea, the personal weekly median income was $352. Family median weekly income was $1,074 and Household median weekly income was $1,126.

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 56.7% of employed people who were born in South Korea, travelled to work on census day by car, while 18.7% travelled by bus or train.

In Australia 58.7% of people who were born in South Korea did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 26.9% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Australia of people who were born in South Korea and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% 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 South Korea 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 South Korea. Of these families, 52.8% were couple families with children, 32.6% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in South Korea 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 South Korea. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,708 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,736.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person was born in South Korea 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 South Korea. Of these families, 15.1% of families had both parents working full-time, 13.1% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 15.7% 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 South Korea, 43.6% were a separate house, 41.3% were a flat, unit or apartment, and 14.4% 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 South Korea, 29.8% had two bedrooms, 33.9% had three bedrooms and 24.7% 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 South Korea, 11.9% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 56.5% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167 and the median weekly rent paid was $400.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in South Korea' includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in South Korea. Of those households, 75.6% were one family households and 10.6% were lone person households.