Sri Lankans in Australia: 2016 Census Data …… The Demographic Profile

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People	109,853
Male	57,280
Female	52,573
Australian citizen	60.3%
Not an Australian citizen	38.3%

Families	43,816
Couples with children	26,914
Couples without children	13,326
One parent families	2,972
Other families	592

All private dwellings	52,548
Median monthly mortgage repayment	$2,100
Median weekly rent paid	$351

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Demographics & education

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People	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Male	57,280	52.1	2,997,173	48.6	7,735,362	49.5	11,546,638	49.3
Female	52,573	47.9	3,166,493	51.4	7,880,175	50.5	11,855,248	50.7

In the 2016 Census, there were 109,853 people in Australia who were born in Sri Lanka. Of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female.

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Age People	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
0-14 years	7,652	7.0	366,872	6.0	3,777,875	24.2	4,364,607	18.7
15-24 years	9,313	8.5	612,643	9.9	2,197,847	14.1	2,988,390	12.8
25-34 years	22,703	20.7	1,130,884	18.3	1,994,601	12.8	3,368,449	14.4
35-44 years	23,982	21.8	1,021,528	16.6	1,911,355	12.2	3,144,935	13.4
45-54 years	18,085	16.5	961,980	15.6	1,920,340	12.3	3,105,007	13.3
55-64 years	13,881	12.6	840,595	13.6	1,704,198	10.9	2,753,734	11.8
65 years and over	14,233	13.0	1,229,161	19.9	2,109,310	13.5	3,676,765	15.7
Median age	40	—	44	—	34	—	38	—

Of the population born in Sri Lanka who usually live in Australia, 7.0% were aged 0 – 14 years and 13.0% were aged 65 years and over. The median age of people in Australia who were born in Sri Lanka was 40 years.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Married	72,781	71.2	3,362,174	58.0	5,158,710	43.6	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	1,955	1.9	178,867	3.1	376,863	3.2	608,059	3.2
Divorced	3,809	3.7	464,766	8.0	1,021,844	8.6	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	3,885	3.8	326,987	5.6	560,940	4.7	985,204	5.2
Never married	19,767	19.3	1,463,996	25.3	4,719,302	39.9	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Australia aged 15 years and over who were born in Sri Lanka, 71.2% were married, 1.9% were separated, and 3.7% were divorced.

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Education	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Pre-school	413	0.4	21,982	0.4	323,754	2.1	347,621	1.5
Primary	4,398	4.0	197,196	3.2	1,717,830	11.0	1,926,880	8.2
Secondary	4,309	3.9	224,770	3.6	1,211,676	7.8	1,446,506	6.2
University or tertiary institution	9,085	8.3	440,789	7.2	713,008	4.6	1,160,630	5.0
Technical or further education	2,342	2.1	152,909	2.5	267,689	1.7	424,870	1.8
Other	1,104	1.0	97,890	1.6	98,429	0.6	198,383	0.8
Institution attended, type not stated	1,769	1.6	117,292	1.9	329,449	2.1	1,707,023	7.3
Not attending an educational institution	86,435	78.7	4,910,840	79.7	10,953,685	70.1	16,189,980	69.2

Of the population born in Sri Lanka who usually live in Australia, 21.3% were attending an educational institution. There were 4.0% in primary school, 3.9% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Bachelor Degree level and above	42,482	41.6	1,830,410	31.6	2,320,141	19.6	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	15,118	14.8	587,176	10.1	1,079,954	9.1	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	1,786	1.7	120,064	2.1	425,836	3.6	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	6,091	6.0	565,803	9.8	1,831,323	15.5	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	18,713	18.3	1,051,623	18.1	1,902,337	16.1	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	3,454	3.4	200,856	3.5	724,761	6.1	941,531	4.9
Year 10	4,995	4.9	418,929	7.2	1,588,715	13.4	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	10	0.0	3,313	0.1	9,848	0.1	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	3	0.0	863	0.0	1,266	0.0	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	2,643	2.6	458,176	7.9	1,027,299	8.7	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	391	0.4	114,870	2.0	26,748	0.2	145,844	0.8
Not stated	3,523	3.4	264,618	4.6	570,419	4.8	1,974,794	10.4

Of the population born in Sri Lanka who usually live in Australia, 18.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 7.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 14.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

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Year of arrival	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Before 1941	30	0.0	9,289	0.2	—	—	—	—
1941 – 1950	232	0.2	84,378	1.4	—	—	—	—
1951 – 1960	919	0.8	321,721	5.2	—	—	—	—
1961 – 1970	3,397	3.1	590,106	9.6	—	—	—	—
1971 – 1980	5,749	5.2	541,319	8.8	—	—	—	—
1981 – 1990	15,739	14.3	768,312	12.5	—	—	—	—
1991 – 2000	18,176	16.5	766,940	12.4	—	—	—	—
2001 – 2005	10,920	9.9	559,084	9.1	—	—	—	—
2006 – 2010	24,276	22.1	985,332	16.0	—	—	—	—
2011 – 2016	27,971	25.5	1,324,426	21.5	—	—	—	—
Born in Australia	—	—	—	—	15,615,531	—	—	—

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, 25.5% arrived in Australia from 2011 – 2016 and 22.1% from 2006 – 2010.

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Citizenship	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Australian citizen	66,205	60.3	3,652,290	59.3	15,304,785	98.0	19,278,834	82.4
Not an Australian citizen	42,088	38.3	2,402,591	39.0	86,884	0.6	2,507,458	10.7

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, 60.3% were Australian citizens.

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Birthplace of spouse or partner	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Spouse or partner born overseas	62,100	90.3	2,533,692	72.3	874,386	14.5	3,432,017	35.9
Spouse or partner born in Australia	5,185	7.5	874,386	25.0	4,975,104	82.7	5,872,893	61.4

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka and had a spouse or partner, 90.3% had a spouse or partner who was born overseas and 7.5% had a spouse or partner born in Australia.

Note: Total does not include those spouses or partners who did not state their country of birth.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Results may include ‘nfd’ for ‘not further defined’	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Buddhism	44,784	40.8	400,332	6.5	156,171	1.0	563,674	2.4
Catholic	22,778	20.7	1,306,565	21.2	3,895,007	24.9	5,291,834	22.6
Hinduism	20,634	18.8	356,958	5.8	80,193	0.5	440,300	1.9
Anglican	4,645	4.2	535,049	8.7	2,504,891	16.0	3,101,185	13.3
No Religion, so described	4,048	3.7	1,647,084	26.7	5,197,438	33.3	6,933,708	29.6

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, the most common responses to the religion question were Buddhism 40.8%, Catholic 20.7%, Hinduism 18.8%, Anglican 4.2% and No Religion, so described 3.7%.

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English language proficiency	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Speaks English only	25,352	23.1	2,581,282	41.9	14,190,672	90.9	17,020,421	72.7
Speaks other language and speaks English:	null	null	null	null	null	null
Very well or well	77,482	70.5	2,885,219	46.8	1,122,966	7.2	4,068,598	17.4
Not well or not at all	6,208	5.7	648,470	10.5	157,704	1.0	819,925	3.5

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, 23.1% spoke English only at home. A further 70.5% spoke another language but also spoke English very well or well.

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Employment

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Employment Labour force, people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Worked full-time	44,676	61.4	2,052,828	58.4	4,491,739	57.5	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	18,885	26.0	1,025,198	29.2	2,421,402	31.0	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	3,056	4.2	158,027	4.5	397,088	5.1	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	6,138	8.4	277,586	7.9	498,013	6.4	787,452	6.9
Not in the labour force	28,491	27.9	2,221,922	38.3	3,913,066	33.1	6,297,600	33.1

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka and who were in the labour force, 61.4% worked full-time, 26.0% worked part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia’s unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment – hours worked Labour force, people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
1-15 hours per week	5,951	8.9	313,561	9.7	890,779	12.2	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	6,335	9.5	358,890	11.1	706,291	9.7	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	6,601	9.9	352,748	10.9	824,331	11.3	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	18,589	27.9	705,848	21.8	1,300,092	17.8	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	26,086	39.2	1,346,985	41.6	3,191,643	43.7	4,591,801	43.0

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka and who were employed, 39.2% worked 40 hours or more per week and 27.9% worked 35-39 hours per week.

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Occupation, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Professionals	20,931	31.4	815,695	25.2	1,536,662	21.0	2,370,966	22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers	9,707	14.6	393,619	12.2	1,040,953	14.2	1,449,681	13.6
Labourers	8,247	12.4	354,542	11.0	638,102	8.7	1,011,520	9.5
Managers	7,057	10.6	403,585	12.5	970,340	13.3	1,390,047	13.0
Technicians and Trades Workers	6,319	9.5	405,055	12.5	1,021,688	14.0	1,447,414	13.5

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 31.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Labourers 12.4%, Managers 10.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%.

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals)	3,384	5.1	141,550	4.4	265,609	3.6	411,808	3.9
Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services	2,372	3.6	64,744	2.0	64,388	0.9	131,908	1.2
Computer System Design and Related Services	2,219	3.3	82,618	2.6	79,573	1.1	162,884	1.5
Aged Care Residential Services	2,139	3.2	90,571	2.8	117,174	1.6	211,621	2.0
Banking	2,079	3.1	56,849	1.8	86,366	1.2	144,232	1.3

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, the most common responses for industry of employment were Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 5.1%, Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%, Aged Care Residential Services 3.2% and Banking 3.1%.

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Median weekly income People aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Personal	757	—	615	—	688	—	662	—
Family	1,965	—	1,725	—	1,834	—	1,734	—
Household	1,904	—	1,562	—	1,539	—	1,438	—

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka, the personal weekly median income was $757. Family median weekly income was $1,965 and Household median weekly income was $1,904.

Median personal weekly income for persons aged 15 years and over born in the selected country. Excludes those who did not state an income.

Family for the selected country of birth is determined by the reference person and/or their spouse/partner’s response to country of birth. Median family income excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.

Household for the selected country of birth is determined by the response of any household member (enumerated in the dwelling) to country of birth. Median household income excludes households where at least one member aged 15 years and over did not state an income.

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Travel to work Employed people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Car	42,880	64.4	1,986,872	61.4	5,009,484	68.5	7,090,101	66.4
Bus or train	10,808	16.2	453,292	14.0	454,116	6.2	915,328	8.6
Other	5,977	9.0	381,664	11.8	672,865	9.2	1,066,965	10.0

In Australia 64.4% of employed people who were born in Sri Lanka travelled to work on census day by car, while 16.2% travelled by bus or train.

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	71,347	69.8	3,964,948	68.4	9,000,198	76.0	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	31,970	31.3	1,677,392	28.9	3,507,061	29.6	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	10,975	10.7	613,990	10.6	1,489,817	12.6	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	20,368	19.9	941,091	16.2	2,634,097	22.3	3,620,726	19.0

In Australia 69.8% of people who were born in Sri Lanka did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, and 31.3% cared for a child or children in the two weeks before the census.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Less than 5 hours per week	20,089	19.7	1,234,900	21.3	3,013,177	25.5	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	26,542	26.0	1,509,217	26.0	3,371,602	28.5	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	12,532	12.3	678,501	11.7	1,479,061	12.5	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	12,191	11.9	542,335	9.4	1,136,359	9.6	1,710,970	9.0

In Australia of people who were born in Sri Lanka and who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the census, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

family composition | employment status of couple families

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Family composition	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Couple family without children	13,326	30.4	1,012,440	39.3	1,240,422	36.6	2,291,987	37.8
Couple family with children	26,914	61.4	1,248,241	48.4	1,434,939	42.3	2,716,224	44.7
One parent family	2,972	6.8	282,463	11.0	648,590	19.1	959,543	15.8
Other family	592	1.4	34,059	1.3	65,896	1.9	102,559	1.7
Families with a child under 5	9,287	21.2	446,733	17.3	591,182	17.4	1,037,904	17.1
Families with a child aged 0-15 years	20,233	46.2	977,697	37.9	1,379,763	40.7	2,357,465	38.8

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person and/or their spouse or partner was born in Sri Lanka. Of these families, 61.4% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

Note: Totals for families with a child under 5 and for families with a child aged 0-15 years does not include those families where the reference person and/or their spouse/partner did not state their country of birth.

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Employment status of couple families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Employment status of parents in couple families Labour force, people aged 15 years and over	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Both employed, worked full-time	10,232	25.4	475,278	21.0	600,260	22.4	1,084,006	21.6
Both employed, worked part-time	1,654	4.1	97,948	4.3	103,266	3.9	203,596	4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time	8,438	21.0	424,478	18.8	652,771	24.4	1,086,460	21.7
One employed full-time, other not working	8,621	21.4	390,307	17.3	352,203	13.2	749,886	15.0
One employed part-time, other not working	2,568	6.4	156,274	6.9	141,852	5.3	302,037	6.0
Both not working	4,881	12.1	492,423	21.8	488,403	18.3	1,006,697	20.1
Other (includes away from work)	2,075	5.2	107,664	4.8	152,346	5.7	264,145	5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family)	1,767	4.4	116,299	5.1	184,264	6.9	311,381	6.2

These statistics are for families in Australia. They are for families where the reference person and/or their spouse or partner was born in Sri Lanka. Of these families, 25.4% of families had both parents working full-time, 21.0% of families had one parent working full-time and one parent working part-time, and 12.1% of families stated that both parents were not working.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | mortgage & rent | household composition

Dwelling structure

dwelling structure | mortgage & rent | household composition

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Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Separate house	36,033	68.6	2,212,954	67.1	5,074,866	76.9	6,041,788	72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	8,177	15.6	466,800	14.1	779,497	11.8	1,055,016	12.7
Flat or apartment	7,974	15.2	585,471	17.7	668,862	10.1	1,087,434	13.1
Other dwelling	165	0.3	20,721	0.6	48,617	0.7	64,425	0.8

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 Sri Lanka, 68.6% were a separate house, 15.2% were a flat or apartment, and 15.6% were a semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.

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Number of bedrooms Occupied private dwellings	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
None (includes bedsitters)	228	0.4	17,187	0.5	23,956	0.4	39,769	0.5
1 bedroom	2,311	4.4	176,922	5.4	254,884	3.9	411,252	5.0
2 bedrooms	9,104	17.3	658,470	20.0	1,119,772	17.0	1,562,759	18.9
3 bedrooms	18,436	35.1	1,264,755	38.3	2,787,246	42.2	3,403,190	41.1
4 or more bedrooms	21,292	40.5	1,110,865	33.7	2,287,725	34.7	2,670,758	32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated	1,171	2.2	71,635	2.2	126,102	1.9	198,351	2.4

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 Sri Lanka, 17.3% had two bedrooms, 35.1% had three bedrooms and 40.5% had four or more bedrooms.

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Mortgage & rent

dwelling structure | mortgage & rent | household composition

Mortgage and rent Occupied private dwellings	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
Owned outright	9,155	17.4	970,425	29.4	2,013,505	30.5	2,565,695	31.0
Owned with a mortgage	24,174	46.0	1,122,252	34.0	2,474,999	37.5	2,855,222	34.5
Rented	17,725	33.7	1,099,840	33.3	1,907,007	28.9	2,561,302	30.9
Other tenure type	234	0.4	25,380	0.8	59,681	0.9	78,994	1.0
Tenure type not stated	1,265	2.4	81,928	2.5	144,494	2.2	224,869	2.7
Median monthly mortgage repayment	2,100	—	1,950	—	1,742	—	1,755	—
Median weekly rent paid	351	—	370	—	330	—	335	—

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 Sri Lanka, 17.4% were owned outright, 46.0% were owned with a mortgage and 33.7% were rented. The median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,100 and the median weekly rent paid was $351.

Median monthly mortgage repayment relates only to occupied private dwellings that are owned with a mortgage (including those being purchased under a rent/buy scheme). It excludes ‘visitor only’ and ‘other non-classifiable’ households and dwellings that did not state a monthly repayment value.

Median weekly rent paid relates to occupied private dwellings being rented (including rent-free accommodation). It excludes ‘visitor only’ and ‘other non-classifiable’ households and dwellings that did not state a weekly payment value.

View the data quality statements for: Tenure type (TEND) Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED)

Household composition

dwelling structure | mortgage & rent | household composition

Household composition	Born in Sri Lanka	%Born in Sri Lanka	All overseas born	%All overseas born	Australian born	%Australian born	Total	%Total
One family households	42,035	80.0	2,465,248	74.7	4,809,352	72.9	5,751,635	69.4
Multiple family households	1,533	2.9	101,470	3.1	137,593	2.1	155,992	1.9
Single (or lone) person households	5,826	11.1	559,665	17.0	1,403,935	21.3	2,023,542	24.4
Group households	3,146	6.0	173,452	5.3	248,803	3.8	354,917	4.3

All occupants of a private dwelling complete one census form and are counted as a household. ‘Born in Sri Lanka’ includes households in Australia where at least one person was born in Sri Lanka. Of those households, 80.0% were one family households and 11.1% were lone person households.

View the data quality statement for Household composition (HHCD)

Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.

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VITAL EMBELLISHMENTS sent by Earlson Forbes of Sydney, 28 Septtember 2022:

“In my article “Ceylon/Sri Lanka to Australia: Arrivals and Survival” (which you re-titled for Thuppahi) this information and more figures from the 2016 ABS Census are quoted.

Also, preliminary figures from the ABS Census 2020, which I have also noted in the article, put the number of Ceylon-born in Australia, at 147,000.”

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ALSO NOTE Present Crisis Situatiion in Sri Lanka, …. 2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-24/sri-lanka-australians-send-trolley-loads-of-goods-to-family/101256830

https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/shock-reason-sri-lankanaustralians-wont-send-money-to-struggling-friends-and-family/n

One response to “Sri Lankans in Australia: 2016 Census Data …… The Demographic Profile”

N. Goonewardena

September 28, 2022 at 6:42 pm

Thanks, Dr. Roberts, I needed that. I am sure people will decide for themselves what the intentions of a person who addresses another person always as GOON (note: always in upper-case letters) are. That is for sure.

By the way, not that it matters at all to me because I don’t decorate anything with my accolades as they really don’t mean anything much to me, but just for your attention (only), I am
Dr. Goonewardena, and not Mr. Goonewardena. Everybody in this blog as well as anywhere else, know that I never refer to myself as Dr. Goonewardena, but just N, Goonewardena or N W Goonewardena. So, the above is solely FYI, Dr. Roberts.

Imagine an editor of a blog that is not a comedy, referring to someone’s words as BILE? But I should be thankful. He could have used a far more derogatory word(s) which I know he has capabilities of. And, wow, FULMINATIONS! What an abstract and unknown word to me. I thought you were trying to FUMIGATE ME. That is, until I looked up the meaning of “fulmination” in the dictionary, and was able to then relax when I realized you were not going to fumigate me.

My memory fails me now in my old age, but was it Dawn that sang the song Candida in which one lyric went as “when you are playing with fire, someone must get burnt.” Or, as usual, have I got it wrong.

I look forward to seeing you soon, somewhere.

I sign off as your always-mentioned, GOON.

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