People in Greater Brisbane who were born in Papua New Guinea

Latest release
2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats
Geography type Greater Capital City Statistical Areas by Country of Birth of Person
Area code 3GBRI by 1302
People 9,044
Male 43.7%
Female 56.3%
 null  null
Australian citizen 78.9%
Not an Australian citizen 20.5%
Families 5,309
Couples with children 2,687
Couples without children 1,483
One parent families 1,006
Other families 132
All private dwellings 6,646
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,900
Median weekly rent (a) $375

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

People
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Male 3,948 43.7 330,356 48.1 854,070 49.5 1,242,349 49.2
Female 5,095 56.3 356,368 51.9 872,591 50.5 1,283,890 50.8

More information on Place of usual residence (PURP), Country of birth of person (BPLP), Sex (SEXP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0-14 years 341 3.8 41,164 6.0 423,983 24.6 484,145 19.2
15-24 years 981 10.8 69,592 10.1 247,829 14.4 331,761 13.1
25-34 years 916 10.1 120,746 17.6 234,178 13.6 374,070 14.8
35-44 years 1,346 14.9 135,505 19.7 208,857 12.1 360,339 14.3
45-54 years 2,406 26.6 109,563 16.0 206,019 11.9 329,053 13.0
55-64 years 1,677 18.5 91,623 13.3 171,029 9.9 273,801 10.8
65 years and over 1,383 15.3 118,525 17.3 234,765 13.6 373,070 14.8
Median age 49 N/A 43 N/A 33 N/A 36 N/A

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over		 Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Married 3,800 43.7 356,079 55.2 528,599 40.6 918,065 45.0
Separated 447 5.1 21,712 3.4 44,317 3.4 70,159 3.4
Divorced 880 10.1 53,618 8.3 117,793 9.0 181,704 8.9
Widowed 411 4.7 28,315 4.4 53,005 4.1 87,097 4.3
Never married 3,155 36.2 185,832 28.8 558,961 42.9 785,072 38.4

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Attending an educational institution:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Pre-school 12 0.1 2,481 0.4 42,421 2.5 44,957 1.8
Primary 180 2.0 21,580 3.1 192,761 11.2 214,799 8.5
Secondary 376 4.2 30,820 4.5 145,720 8.4 176,965 7.0
Tertiary:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 270 3.0 25,142 3.7 32,878 1.9 58,186 2.3
Tertiary - University or other higher education 542 6.0 44,426 6.5 94,198 5.5 138,872 5.5
Tertiary - Total (a) 816 9.0 69,684 10.1 127,183 7.4 197,281 7.8
Other 67 0.7 9,666 1.4 15,435 0.9 25,187 1.0
Institution attended, type not stated 93 1.0 7,540 1.1 20,857 1.2 125,563 5.0
Not attending an educational institution 7,497 82.9 544,949 79.4 1,182,275 68.5 1,741,485 68.9

(a) Includes Tertiary - not further defined.

More information on Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Bachelor Degree level and above 2,231 25.6 233,261 36.1 316,416 24.3 550,809 27.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level 1,077 12.4 71,382 11.1 128,393 9.9 200,443 9.8
Certificate level IV 332 3.8 17,540 2.7 52,437 4.0 70,156 3.4
Certificate level III 1,138 13.1 69,689 10.8 206,104 15.8 277,477 13.6
Year 12 1,674 19.2 108,313 16.8 225,831 17.3 335,842 16.4
Year 11 278 3.2 20,195 3.1 52,279 4.0 72,938 3.6
Year 10 823 9.5 44,585 6.9 163,883 12.6 210,511 10.3
Certificate level II 10 0.1 354 0.1 907 0.1 1,273 0.1
Certificate level I 3 0.0 67 0.0 144 0.0 220 0.0
Year 9 or below 511 5.9 30,609 4.7 88,344 6.8 120,820 5.9
Inadequately described 288 3.3 18,507 2.9 29,174 2.2 47,959 2.3
No educational attainment 69 0.8 8,865 1.4 2,872 0.2 11,934 0.6
Not stated 257 3.0 22,094 3.4 35,476 2.7 141,204 6.9

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
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Cultural diversity

Year of arrival
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Before 1951 68 0.8 5,244 0.8 -- N/A -- N/A
1951 - 1960 224 2.5 17,145 2.5 -- N/A -- N/A
1961 - 1970 770 8.5 37,436 5.5 -- N/A -- N/A
1971 - 1980 2,522 27.9 47,606 6.9 -- N/A -- N/A
1981 - 1990 1,458 16.1 76,807 11.2 -- N/A -- N/A
1991 - 2000 897 9.9 82,222 12.0 -- N/A -- N/A
2001 - 2010 1,344 14.9 181,089 26.4 -- N/A -- N/A
2011 - 2015 705 7.8 104,631 15.2 -- N/A -- N/A
2016 - 2021 778 8.6 118,266 17.2 -- N/A -- N/A
Born in Australia -- N/A -- N/A 1,726,655 N/A -- N/A

More information on Year of arrival in Australia (YARP)
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Citizenship
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Australian citizen 7,135 78.9 404,564 58.9 1,694,802 98.2 2,112,082 83.6
Not an Australian citizen 1,851 20.5 278,238 40.5 20,483 1.2 300,117 11.9

More information on Australian citizenship (CITP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Papua New Guinean 3,915 43.3 4,052 0.6 3,753 0.2 7,844 0.3
Australian 1,995 22.1 26,273 3.8 767,108 44.4 797,104 31.6
English 1,858 20.5 179,491 26.1 735,968 42.6 920,851 36.5
Chinese 1,469 16.2 82,676 12.0 34,443 2.0 117,497 4.7
Irish 725 8.0 41,830 6.1 237,999 13.8 281,095 11.1

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry).

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
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Birthplace of spouse or partner
People aged 15 years and over, with a spouse or partner 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Spouse or partner born overseas 1,767 39.4 279,785 69.6 114,497 17.1 395,458 36.6
Spouse or partner born in Australia 2,588 57.7 114,494 28.5 544,975 81.2 660,431 61.1

More information on Country of birth of person (BPLP), Spouse/partner indicator (SPIP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Religious affiliation, top responses
All people
Results may include 'nfd' for 'not further defined' 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Catholic 2,906 32.1 120,350 17.5 346,926 20.1 470,193 18.6
No Religion, (so described) 2,139 23.7 239,582 34.9 801,295 46.4 1,045,284 41.4
Uniting Church 886 9.8 11,821 1.7 69,200 4.0 81,735 3.2
Anglican 669 7.4 51,320 7.5 192,437 11.1 245,852 9.7
Christianity, nfd 446 4.9 31,374 4.6 48,302 2.8 80,065 3.2

Note: 'No Religion, (so described)' does not include those who reported Secular and Other Spiritual Beliefs such as Atheism, Agnosticism and Own Spiritual Beliefs.

More information on Religious affiliation (RELP)
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English language proficiency
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Speaks English only 6,684 73.9 338,958 49.4 1,603,673 92.9 1,952,518 77.3
Speaks other language and speaks English:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Very well or well 2,232 24.7 295,959 43.1 93,432 5.4 391,639 15.5
Not well or not at all 76 0.8 48,215 7.0 13,911 0.8 62,592 2.5

More information on Proficiency in spoken English (ENGLP), Language used at home (LANP)
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Income and work

Participation in the labour force
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
In the labour force 5,722 65.7 431,692 66.9 880,701 67.6 1,316,910 64.5
Not in the labour force 2,913 33.5 206,786 32.0 410,599 31.5 624,953 30.6
Not stated 74 0.9 7,082 1.1 11,374 0.9 100,237 4.9

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
People who reported being in the labour force, 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Worked full-time 3,198 55.9 244,105 56.5 500,401 56.8 746,555 56.7
Worked part-time 1,625 28.4 129,891 30.1 252,788 28.7 383,943 29.2
Away from work (a) 442 7.7 33,006 7.6 80,461 9.1 114,282 8.7
Unemployed 460 8.0 24,687 5.7 47,050 5.3 72,132 5.5

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of people aged 15 years and over who stated they were in the labour force.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment, hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0 hours (away from work) 366 7.0 25,713 6.3 69,170 8.3 95,168 7.6
1-19 hours 635 12.1 49,137 12.1 110,583 13.3 160,216 12.9
20-29 hours 586 11.1 48,775 12.0 83,492 10.0 132,706 10.7
30-34 hours 403 7.7 31,979 7.9 58,715 7.0 91,018 7.3
35-39 hours 1,187 22.6 99,312 24.4 174,773 21.0 274,893 22.1
40-44 hours 1,087 20.7 85,347 21.0 166,474 20.0 252,504 20.3
45 hours or more 927 17.6 59,450 14.6 159,153 19.1 219,164 17.6

Note: Records the number of hours worked in all jobs held during the week before Census night for employed people aged 15 years and over. This excludes any time off but includes any overtime or extra time worked.

More information on Hours worked (HRSP)
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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Professionals 1,169 22.2 107,446 26.4 199,293 23.9 307,246 24.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 878 16.7 47,491 11.7 120,516 14.5 168,351 13.5
Community and Personal Service Workers 688 13.1 50,455 12.4 93,756 11.2 144,697 11.6
Labourers 641 12.2 43,430 10.7 67,236 8.1 111,300 8.9
Managers 639 12.1 47,945 11.8 108,395 13.0 156,642 12.6
Technicians and Trades Workers 483 9.2 46,313 11.4 106,184 12.7 153,068 12.3
Machinery Operators and Drivers 365 6.9 29,924 7.4 48,424 5.8 78,764 6.3
Sales Workers 302 5.7 26,054 6.4 75,950 9.1 102,284 8.2

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 286 5.4 22,817 5.6 39,967 4.8 62,917 5.1
Aged Care Residential Services 197 3.7 12,955 3.2 12,170 1.5 25,235 2.0
Other Social Assistance Services 161 3.1 10,088 2.5 17,801 2.1 27,991 2.2
Primary Education 134 2.5 5,346 1.3 24,017 2.9 29,416 2.4
State Government Administration 118 2.2 5,658 1.4 16,591 2.0 22,284 1.8

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Personal (b) $832 N/A $828 N/A $854 N/A $842 N/A
Family (c) $2,300 N/A $2,188 N/A $2,174 N/A $2,175 N/A
Household (d) $2,114 N/A $2,038 N/A $1,724 N/A $1,849 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Family for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any family member to country of birth. Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.
(d) Household for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any household member (enumerated in the dwelling) to country of birth. Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.

More information on Total personal income (INCP), Total family income (FINF), Total household income (HIND)
Personal median weekly income data based on place of usual residence
Family and household median weekly income data based on place of enumeration

Method of travel to work on the day of the Census
Employed people aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
By car, only (a) 3,017 57.3 240,384 59.1 496,247 59.5 739,258 59.4
By bus and/or train, only 368 7.0 26,152 6.4 33,957 4.1 60,293 4.8
Other (b) 374 7.1 32,845 8.1 54,116 6.5 87,336 7.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked from home 925 17.6 70,448 17.3 146,315 17.6 217,138 17.4
Did not go to work 544 10.3 35,372 8.7 100,083 12.0 135,774 10.9

Note: Respondents had the option to report up to three methods of transport to work on the day of the Census.

(a) Includes people who travelled to work by car only, as the driver and/or as the passenger.
(b) Includes all other singular and multi-modal methods of travel to work.

More information on Method of travel to work (MTWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census night) 6,341 72.9 437,118 67.7 991,053 76.1 1,433,992 70.2
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census night) 2,593 29.8 199,568 30.9 366,221 28.1 567,706 27.8
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census night) 1,318 15.1 63,169 9.8 170,522 13.1 235,221 11.5
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 1,346 15.5 83,330 12.9 198,176 15.2 282,612 13.8

More information on Unpaid domestic work (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Less than 5 hours 1,879 21.6 119,978 18.6 309,822 23.8 431,403 21.1
5 to 14 hours 2,612 30.0 180,379 27.9 406,286 31.2 588,804 28.8
15 to 29 hours 1,076 12.4 79,228 12.3 167,320 12.8 247,617 12.1
30 hours or more 772 8.9 57,531 8.9 107,626 8.3 166,170 8.1

Note: Measures the time spent during the week before the Census doing domestic work without pay for themselves and their household.

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Arthritis 786 8.7 52,528 7.6 147,132 8.5 202,310 8.0
Asthma 735 8.1 40,671 5.9 182,163 10.6 224,233 8.9
Cancer (including remission) 289 3.2 19,724 2.9 52,744 3.1 73,272 2.9
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 70 0.8 5,287 0.8 10,794 0.6 16,502 0.7
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 743 8.2 39,170 5.7 71,519 4.1 112,055 4.4
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 431 4.8 28,373 4.1 68,075 3.9 97,929 3.9
Kidney disease 107 1.2 6,427 0.9 15,006 0.9 21,824 0.9
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 143 1.6 11,038 1.6 35,004 2.0 46,859 1.9
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 695 7.7 42,806 6.2 211,226 12.2 255,655 10.1
Stroke 89 1.0 6,565 1.0 14,998 0.9 21,974 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 934 10.3 55,057 8.0 166,981 9.7 223,394 8.8
No long-term health condition(s) 5,536 61.2 465,673 67.8 1,035,799 60.0 1,507,747 59.7
Not stated 271 3.0 20,020 2.9 68,997 4.0 188,976 7.5

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
All people 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None of the selected conditions 6,000 66.3 495,205 72.1 1,114,893 64.6 1,616,802 64.0
One condition 1,928 21.3 118,124 17.2 367,457 21.3 488,827 19.3
Two conditions 547 6.0 34,931 5.1 115,774 6.7 152,322 6.0
Three or more conditions 300 3.3 18,448 2.7 59,539 3.4 79,317 3.1
Not stated 271 3.0 20,020 2.9 68,997 4.0 188,976 7.5

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
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Families

Families tables count families within the area. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born in the selected country. (a)
Born overseas - counts families where at least one person in the family stated they were born overseas. This includes families counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column. (b)
Born in Australia - counts families where all people in the family stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes families where any member of the family did not state a country of birth. (c)
Total - counts all families in the selected area. It includes families where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner was born in the selected country. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(b) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where the reference person and their spouse/partner were born overseas. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.
(c) This different to the 2016 definition, which counted families where both the reference person and their spouse/partner were born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Family composition
All families 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Couple family without children 1,483 27.9 115,648 37.9 135,007 37.1 253,022 37.5
Couple family with children 2,687 50.6 149,924 49.1 145,095 39.9 296,285 43.9
One parent family 1,006 18.9 36,178 11.8 75,308 20.7 112,757 16.7
Other family 132 2.5 3,687 1.2 8,215 2.3 12,124 1.8

More information on Family composition (FMCF)
Table based on place of enumeration

Families with children
All families 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Families with a child under 5 661 12.5 53,752 17.6 57,741 15.9 112,062 16.6
Families with a child aged 0-15 years 2,157 40.6 127,594 41.8 143,333 39.4 272,404 40.4

More information on Family composition (FMCF), Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of enumeration

Employment status of couple families
Couple families where parents or partners were aged 15 years and over 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Both employed, worked full-time 1,033 24.7 63,931 24.1 72,295 25.8 136,488 24.8
Both employed, worked part-time 168 4.0 13,209 5.0 10,430 3.7 23,704 4.3
One employed full-time, one part-time 835 20.0 53,215 20.0 60,531 21.6 113,986 20.8
One employed full-time, other not working 673 16.1 39,676 14.9 32,131 11.5 72,023 13.1
One employed part-time, other not working 276 6.6 16,543 6.2 12,983 4.6 29,669 5.4
Both not working 693 16.6 46,716 17.6 52,340 18.7 100,435 18.3
Other (includes away from work) 340 8.1 22,767 8.6 27,090 9.7 50,093 9.1
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 161 3.9 9,517 3.6 12,306 4.4 22,904 4.2

Note: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.

More information on Labour force status of parents/partners in families (LFSF)
Table based on place of enumeration

Housing

Housing tables count occupied private dwellings in the area, excluding visitor only and other non-classifiable households. The descriptions below explain what is counted in each column:

Born in [Country of birth] - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born in the selected country.
Born overseas - counts dwellings where at least one occupant stated they were born overseas. It includes dwellings counted in the ‘Born in the selected country of birth’ column.
Born in Australia - counts dwellings where all people in the dwelling stated they were born in Australia. This includes Australian External Territories and Norfolk Island. It excludes households where any occupant did not state a country of birth. (a)
Total - counts all dwellings in the selected area. It includes dwellings where no one in the family stated a country of birth.

(a) This is different from the 2016 definition, which was dwellings where at least one person was born in Australia. Data cannot be compared with previous QuickStats.

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Separate house 5,175 77.9 272,217 71.9 390,704 74.5 669,242 73.4
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 642 9.7 45,094 11.9 56,931 10.9 103,557 11.4
Flat or apartment 796 12.0 59,167 15.6 73,408 14.0 133,894 14.7
Other dwelling 22 0.3 1,121 0.3 2,372 0.5 3,665 0.4

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None (includes studio apartments or bedsitters) 27 0.4 1,373 0.4 2,224 0.4 3,703 0.4
1 bedroom 225 3.4 17,415 4.6 27,150 5.2 45,366 5.0
2 bedrooms 838 12.6 58,350 15.4 86,643 16.5 146,636 16.1
3 bedrooms 2,336 35.1 127,610 33.7 198,930 37.9 329,657 36.1
4 or more bedrooms 3,153 47.4 169,164 44.7 203,581 38.8 374,568 41.1
Number of bedrooms not stated 65 1.0 4,436 1.2 5,778 1.1 12,106 1.3

More information on Number of bedrooms in a private dwelling (BEDD)
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Household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
One family households 5,095 76.7 287,771 76.1 341,983 65.2 634,696 69.6
Multiple family households 243 3.7 12,041 3.2 7,201 1.4 19,357 2.1
Single (or lone) person households 1,024 15.4 59,287 15.7 152,558 29.1 215,551 23.6
Group households 288 4.3 19,246 5.1 22,570 4.3 42,431 4.7

More information on Household composition (HHCD)
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Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Owned outright 1,806 27.2 89,870 23.8 143,651 27.4 236,432 25.9
Owned with a mortgage (a) 2,436 36.7 144,347 38.2 183,867 35.1 329,373 36.1
Rented (b) 2,283 34.4 134,976 35.7 182,346 34.8 320,356 35.1
Other tenure type (c) 67 1.0 4,630 1.2 8,874 1.7 13,780 1.5
Not stated 53 0.8 4,525 1.2 5,575 1.1 12,098 1.3

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type.

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only and other non-classifiable households) 		Born in Papua New Guinea % Born in Papua New Guinea Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,900 N/A $1,950 N/A $1,800 N/A $1,863 N/A
Median weekly rent (a) $375 N/A $395 N/A $370 N/A $380 N/A

(a) For 2021, median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent free.

More information on Rent weekly payments (RNTD), Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED)
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