People in Victoria who were born in Netherlands

Latest release
2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats
Geography type State/Territory by Country of Birth of Person
Area code 2 by 2308
People 18,477
Male 50.1%
Female 49.9%
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Australian citizen 76.5%
Not an Australian citizen 22.2%
Families 11,136
Couples with children 2,799
Couples without children 7,477
One parent families 770
Other families 87
All private dwellings 15,206
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600
Median weekly rent (a) $371

(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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Male 9,268 50.1 947,035 48.5 2,090,149 49.4 3,200,963 49.2
Female 9,216 49.9 1,004,805 51.5 2,138,535 50.6 3,302,528 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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0-14 years 297 1.6 99,641 5.1 1,020,210 24.1 1,169,456 18.0
15-24 years 411 2.2 168,062 8.6 570,694 13.5 773,536 11.9
25-34 years 711 3.8 359,895 18.4 565,012 13.4 975,493 15.0
35-44 years 967 5.2 386,237 19.8 488,253 11.5 918,738 14.1
45-54 years 1,344 7.3 266,524 13.7 521,376 12.3 826,885 12.7
55-64 years 1,879 10.2 251,151 12.9 459,015 10.9 746,547 11.5
65 years and over 12,858 69.6 420,335 21.5 604,123 14.3 1,092,838 16.8
Median age 71 N/A 43 N/A 34 N/A 38 N/A

More information on Age (AGEP)
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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over		 Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Married 10,657 58.6 1,078,958 58.3 1,307,964 40.8 2,496,618 46.8
Separated 471 2.6 55,795 3.0 96,595 3.0 163,443 3.1
Divorced 2,065 11.4 139,043 7.5 269,314 8.4 436,174 8.2
Widowed 2,873 15.8 108,342 5.8 134,960 4.2 262,392 4.9
Never married 2,117 11.6 470,061 25.4 1,399,645 43.6 1,975,412 37.0

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)
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Education

Type of educational institution attending
All people 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands 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 25 0.1 7,109 0.4 132,166 3.1 139,502 2.1
Primary 168 0.9 56,830 2.9 462,108 10.9 520,258 8.0
Secondary 224 1.2 69,268 3.5 341,819 8.1 412,219 6.3
Tertiary:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 129 0.7 66,504 3.4 88,263 2.1 155,358 2.4
Tertiary - University or other higher education 301 1.6 118,111 6.1 207,176 4.9 325,961 5.0
Tertiary - Total (a) 426 2.3 184,976 9.5 295,745 7.0 482,005 7.4
Other 70 0.4 37,441 1.9 32,277 0.8 70,054 1.1
Institution attended, type not stated 393 2.1 24,091 1.2 48,936 1.2 340,941 5.2
Not attending an educational institution 17,164 92.9 1,572,123 80.5 2,915,640 68.9 4,538,511 69.8

(a) Includes Tertiary - not further defined.

More information on Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Bachelor Degree level and above 3,709 20.4 715,129 38.6 837,690 26.1 1,557,447 29.2
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level 1,883 10.4 194,585 10.5 323,882 10.1 521,291 9.8
Certificate level IV 457 2.5 41,033 2.2 137,032 4.3 179,000 3.4
Certificate level III 2,536 13.9 132,833 7.2 441,665 13.8 580,494 10.9
Year 12 1,755 9.7 281,715 15.2 509,672 15.9 797,281 14.9
Year 11 897 4.9 61,704 3.3 239,932 7.5 304,927 5.7
Year 10 1,686 9.3 96,117 5.2 287,941 9.0 389,680 7.3
Certificate level II 23 0.1 1,101 0.1 2,098 0.1 3,250 0.1
Certificate level I 10 0.1 299 0.0 326 0.0 647 0.0
Year 9 or below 3,097 17.0 163,486 8.8 250,600 7.8 422,139 7.9
Inadequately described 568 3.1 45,111 2.4 65,572 2.0 111,674 2.1
No educational attainment 78 0.4 49,889 2.7 8,762 0.3 59,722 1.1
Not stated 1,472 8.1 69,063 3.7 102,992 3.2 406,049 7.6

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

Year of arrival
All people 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Before 1951 669 3.6 19,207 1.0 -- N/A -- N/A
1951 - 1960 9,626 52.1 91,311 4.7 -- N/A -- N/A
1961 - 1970 2,054 11.1 158,901 8.1 -- N/A -- N/A
1971 - 1980 1,089 5.9 136,223 7.0 -- N/A -- N/A
1981 - 1990 1,219 6.6 200,445 10.3 -- N/A -- N/A
1991 - 2000 697 3.8 200,058 10.2 -- N/A -- N/A
2001 - 2010 1,216 6.6 431,251 22.1 -- N/A -- N/A
2011 - 2015 608 3.3 291,871 15.0 -- N/A -- N/A
2016 - 2021 767 4.2 377,980 19.4 -- N/A -- N/A
Born in Australia -- N/A -- N/A 4,228,686 N/A -- N/A

More information on Year of arrival in Australia (YARP)
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Citizenship
All people 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Australian citizen 14,144 76.5 1,174,599 60.2 4,167,031 98.5 5,389,821 82.9
Not an Australian citizen 4,103 22.2 766,156 39.3 40,444 1.0 810,344 12.5

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

Ancestry, top responses
All people 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Dutch 16,907 91.5 26,712 1.4 81,915 1.9 109,267 1.7
German 643 3.5 38,676 2.0 172,634 4.1 212,907 3.3
Australian 594 3.2 53,281 2.7 1,702,894 40.3 1,770,726 27.2
English 517 2.8 279,905 14.3 1,602,634 37.9 1,900,089 29.2
Indonesian 169 0.9 12,397 0.6 6,715 0.2 19,162 0.3

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Spouse or partner born overseas 4,723 42.1 879,463 76.4 253,566 15.4 1,136,976 40.3
Spouse or partner born in Australia 6,277 56.0 253,569 22.0 1,367,700 83.2 1,624,086 57.5

More information on Country of birth of person (BPLP), Spouse/partner indicator (SPIP)
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Religious affiliation, top responses
All people
Results may include 'nfd' for 'not further defined' 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
No Religion, (so described) 8,026 43.4 528,080 27.1 1,979,071 46.8 2,523,448 38.8
Catholic 5,921 32.0 386,359 19.8 936,823 22.2 1,335,784 20.5
Presbyterian and Reformed 967 5.2 23,069 1.2 64,128 1.5 88,797 1.4
Uniting Church 625 3.4 19,415 1.0 134,329 3.2 156,166 2.4
Christianity, nfd 608 3.3 70,756 3.6 93,643 2.2 165,634 2.5

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Speaks English only 13,614 73.7 629,812 32.3 3,706,393 87.6 4,369,804 67.2
Speaks other language and speaks English:  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Very well or well 4,667 25.3 1,077,202 55.2 434,372 10.3 1,521,527 23.4
Not well or not at all 81 0.4 233,912 12.0 49,170 1.2 285,874 4.4

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
In the labour force 5,566 30.6 1,141,642 61.6 2,171,305 67.7 3,330,560 62.4
Not in the labour force 12,162 66.9 685,142 37.0 1,005,952 31.4 1,719,644 32.2
Not stated 454 2.5 25,413 1.4 31,219 1.0 283,829 5.3

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Worked full-time 2,976 53.5 645,659 56.6 1,217,332 56.1 1,871,278 56.2
Worked part-time 2,044 36.7 361,784 31.7 709,435 32.7 1,076,741 32.3
Away from work (a) 390 7.0 65,705 5.8 146,470 6.7 214,876 6.5
Unemployed 149 2.7 68,494 6.0 98,074 4.5 167,667 5.0

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
0 hours (away from work) 305 5.6 43,465 4.1 116,107 5.6 160,594 5.1
1-19 hours 873 16.1 136,334 12.7 317,342 15.3 455,966 14.4
20-29 hours 672 12.4 139,851 13.0 229,554 11.1 371,345 11.7
30-34 hours 505 9.3 85,597 8.0 162,542 7.8 249,436 7.9
35-39 hours 864 16.0 260,925 24.3 394,951 19.1 658,731 20.8
40-44 hours 1,110 20.5 245,027 22.8 437,511 21.1 685,482 21.7
45 hours or more 1,001 18.5 139,708 13.0 384,873 18.6 527,063 16.7

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Professionals 1,518 28.1 294,751 27.5 494,158 23.8 790,960 25.0
Managers 1,131 20.9 136,982 12.8 303,030 14.6 442,109 14.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 614 11.3 118,062 11.0 272,967 13.2 392,444 12.4
Technicians and Trades Workers 613 11.3 121,529 11.3 275,584 13.3 399,460 12.6
Community and Personal Service Workers 522 9.6 119,679 11.2 226,047 10.9 347,570 11.0
Labourers 399 7.4 110,651 10.3 164,280 7.9 277,292 8.8
Sales Workers 269 5.0 66,865 6.2 195,326 9.4 263,317 8.3
Machinery Operators and Drivers 229 4.2 80,642 7.5 105,741 5.1 187,939 5.9

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 257 4.8 51,243 4.8 95,045 4.6 146,890 4.6
Computer System Design and Related Services 180 3.3 37,521 3.5 29,947 1.4 67,561 2.1
Higher Education 176 3.3 20,419 1.9 27,220 1.3 47,731 1.5
Other Social Assistance Services 129 2.4 21,926 2.0 45,713 2.2 68,023 2.2
Aged Care Residential Services 116 2.1 33,732 3.1 28,366 1.4 62,520 2.0

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Personal (b) $534 N/A $748 N/A $844 N/A $803 N/A
Family (c) $1,408 N/A $2,064 N/A $2,219 N/A $2,136 N/A
Household (d) $1,180 N/A $1,861 N/A $1,702 N/A $1,759 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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
By car, only (a) 2,371 43.8 552,985 51.5 1,130,881 54.5 1,694,199 53.6
By bus and/or train, only 62 1.1 47,244 4.4 33,273 1.6 80,896 2.6
Other (b) 501 9.3 86,095 8.0 117,890 5.7 205,260 6.5
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked from home 1,849 34.2 286,590 26.7 525,168 25.3 814,082 25.7
Did not go to work 591 10.9 94,928 8.8 256,782 12.4 353,067 11.2

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)
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Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
People aged 15 years and over 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census night) 12,533 68.9 1,154,326 62.3 2,405,409 75.0 3,583,114 67.2
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census night) 3,002 16.5 528,535 28.5 866,847 27.0 1,402,952 26.3
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census night) 2,520 13.9 199,213 10.8 483,324 15.1 689,210 12.9
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 3,478 19.1 196,072 10.6 511,091 15.9 712,003 13.3

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Less than 5 hours 2,783 15.3 304,907 16.5 752,998 23.5 1,064,059 19.9
5 to 14 hours 5,003 27.5 464,260 25.1 972,585 30.3 1,445,125 27.1
15 to 29 hours 2,764 15.2 218,253 11.8 406,998 12.7 629,720 11.8
30 hours or more 1,989 10.9 166,909 9.0 272,830 8.5 444,213 8.3

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Arthritis 3,979 21.5 161,493 8.3 347,738 8.2 518,633 8.0
Asthma 1,275 6.9 105,184 5.4 433,397 10.2 543,047 8.4
Cancer (including remission) 1,634 8.8 54,512 2.8 122,052 2.9 179,326 2.8
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 592 3.2 20,223 1.0 24,409 0.6 45,946 0.7
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 2,037 11.0 141,359 7.2 157,182 3.7 303,371 4.7
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 2,499 13.5 87,673 4.5 150,846 3.6 243,130 3.7
Kidney disease 463 2.5 21,539 1.1 34,735 0.8 57,437 0.9
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 1,038 5.6 26,129 1.3 68,924 1.6 97,270 1.5
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 1,587 8.6 108,997 5.6 456,688 10.8 571,150 8.8
Stroke 594 3.2 21,722 1.1 36,781 0.9 59,844 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 2,311 12.5 154,957 7.9 359,802 8.5 519,110 8.0
No long-term health condition(s) 7,927 42.9 1,321,860 67.7 2,623,754 62.0 3,969,506 61.0
Not stated 590 3.2 54,953 2.8 162,341 3.8 492,709 7.6

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None of the selected conditions 8,771 47.5 1,402,122 71.8 2,800,587 66.2 4,228,219 65.0
One condition 5,133 27.8 330,218 16.9 881,608 20.8 1,224,496 18.8
Two conditions 2,314 12.5 105,212 5.4 261,092 6.2 371,819 5.7
Three or more conditions 1,670 9.0 59,326 3.0 123,055 2.9 186,237 2.9
Not stated 590 3.2 54,953 2.8 162,341 3.8 492,709 7.6

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Couple family without children 7,477 67.1 309,062 37.3 327,024 37.5 645,543 37.6
Couple family with children 2,799 25.1 408,802 49.4 368,432 42.3 782,321 45.5
One parent family 770 6.9 97,836 11.8 159,959 18.4 262,040 15.2
Other family 87 0.8 12,244 1.5 15,954 1.8 28,875 1.7

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

Families with children
All families 		Born in Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Families with a child under 5 498 4.5 145,509 17.6 135,909 15.6 283,120 16.5
Families with a child aged 0-15 years 1,663 14.9 327,548 39.6 334,059 38.3 666,291 38.8

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Both employed, worked full-time 1,105 10.8 158,035 22.0 164,496 23.7 323,693 22.7
Both employed, worked part-time 404 3.9 38,040 5.3 32,463 4.7 70,928 5.0
One employed full-time, one part-time 1,291 12.6 136,315 19.0 185,083 26.6 322,757 22.6
One employed full-time, other not working 839 8.2 109,021 15.2 79,195 11.4 189,173 13.2
One employed part-time, other not working 757 7.4 51,316 7.1 38,538 5.5 90,569 6.3
Both not working 5,214 50.7 158,501 22.1 119,105 17.1 283,160 19.8
Other (includes away from work) 387 3.8 43,494 6.1 53,264 7.7 97,725 6.8
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 280 2.7 23,135 3.2 23,309 3.4 49,854 3.5

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Separate house 12,174 80.1 735,304 70.1 994,869 76.1 1,755,423 73.4
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 1,923 12.6 154,767 14.8 172,824 13.2 332,251 13.9
Flat or apartment 1,012 6.7 154,019 14.7 132,238 10.1 289,120 12.1
Other dwelling 77 0.5 3,724 0.4 6,354 0.5 10,455 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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
None (includes studio apartments or bedsitters) 30 0.2 3,438 0.3 4,072 0.3 7,798 0.3
1 bedroom 492 3.2 53,635 5.1 67,102 5.1 122,594 5.1
2 bedrooms 2,888 19.0 196,346 18.7 253,791 19.4 456,624 19.1
3 bedrooms 7,058 46.4 413,309 39.4 565,998 43.3 992,656 41.5
4 or more bedrooms 4,558 30.0 369,753 35.2 402,287 30.8 778,065 32.6
Number of bedrooms not stated 180 1.2 12,670 1.2 14,591 1.1 32,490 1.4

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
One family households 10,917 71.8 778,309 74.2 837,901 64.1 1,635,042 68.4
Multiple family households 256 1.7 30,058 2.9 10,700 0.8 41,091 1.7
Single (or lone) person households 3,621 23.8 191,141 18.2 415,812 31.8 619,542 25.9
Group households 410 2.7 49,644 4.7 43,427 3.3 94,559 4.0

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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Owned outright 9,217 60.6 316,474 30.2 438,572 33.5 768,730 32.2
Owned with a mortgage (a) 2,908 19.1 379,110 36.1 478,175 36.6 862,658 36.1
Rented (b) 2,378 15.6 323,777 30.9 350,318 26.8 681,419 28.5
Other tenure type (c) 453 3.0 15,301 1.5 25,538 2.0 41,752 1.7
Not stated 248 1.6 14,500 1.4 15,234 1.2 35,676 1.5

(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 Netherlands % Born in Netherlands Born overseas % Born overseas Born in Australia % Born in Australia Total % Total
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600 N/A $2,000 N/A $1,733 N/A $1,859 N/A
Median weekly rent (a) $371 N/A $381 N/A $360 N/A $370 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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