People in Greater Adelaide who were born in India

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,605 people in Greater Adelaide who were born in India. Of these 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female.

Of the population born in India who usually live in Greater Adelaide, 12.6% were aged 0 - 14 years and 5.4% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Greater Adelaide who were born in India was 30 years.

Of people in Greater Adelaide aged 15 years and over who were born in India, 73.5% were married, 1.2% were separated, and 1.9% were divorced.

Of people who usually live in Greater Adelaide and who were born in India the median age of married people was 33 years. Of people never married, the median age was 25 years.

Of the population born in India who usually live in Greater Adelaide, 31.4% were attending an educational institution. There were 7.4% in primary school, 3.1% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, 71.9% arrived in Australia from 2006 - 2011 and 10.5% from 2001 - 2005.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, 28.4% were Australian citizens.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India and had a spouse or partner, 93.3% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 5.0% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, the most common responses to the religion question were Hinduism 48.6%, Sikhism 22.0%, Catholic 12.2%, No Religion 2.7% and Anglican 2.5%.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, 14.3% spoke English only at home. A further 79.4% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

Employment

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India and who were in the labour force, 52.0% worked full-time, 35.7% worked part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India and who were employed, 27.0% worked 40 hours or more per week and 29.1% worked 35-39 hours per week.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India the median age for those who were employed full-time was 33, while the median age for those employed part-time was 29.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.2%, Labourers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.3% and Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, the most common responses for industry of employment were Residential Care Services 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, Hospitals 6.9%, Road Passenger Transport 5.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.6%.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India, the personal weekly median income was $546. Family median weekly income was $1,222 and Household median weekly income was $1,304.

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 Adelaide 62.7% of employed people who were born in India, travelled to work on census day by car, while 14.9% travelled by bus or train.

In Greater Adelaide 64.4% of people who were born in India did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 33.0% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

In Greater Adelaide of people who were born in India and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% 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 Greater Adelaide. They are for families where the reference person was born in India 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 India. Of these families, 55.3% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 4.4% were one parent families.

Weekly incomes

These statistics are for families in Greater Adelaide. They are for families where the reference person was born in India 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 India. Of these families, the median weekly income for families without children was $1,383 and for families with children the median weekly income was $1,744.

Employment status of couple families

These statistics are for families in Greater Adelaide. They are for families where the reference person was born in India 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 India. Of these families, 18.3% of families had both parents working full-time, 20.1% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 9.7% 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 Greater Adelaide. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in India, 56.2% were a separate house, 31.6% 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 Adelaide. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in India, 36.2% had two bedrooms, 39.3% had three bedrooms and 17.3% had four or more bedrooms.

Mortgage & rent

These statistics are for occupied private dwellings in Greater Adelaide. For the dwellings that were occupied on census night by a person or persons who were born in India, 9.5% were owned outright, 29.4% were owned with a mortgage and 57.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,995 and the median weekly rent paid was $250.

Household composition

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. 'People born in India' includes households in Greater Adelaide where at least one person was born in India. Of those households, 77.5% were one family households and 9.3% were lone person households.