1996 Census - Migration, Ancestry & Citizenship, Ipswich

Migration, Ancestry, & Citizenship

Languages Spoken at Home by Sex (Persons aged 5 years and over)
			Male	Female	Persons
Speaks English only			47047	47824	94871
Speaks other language:	Arabic (including Lebanese)		15	7	22
	Australian Indigenous language		13	11	24
	Chinese Languages:	Cantonese	64	87	151
		Mandarin	22	40	62
		Other	19	23	42
		Total	105	150	255
	Croatian		49	48	97
	French		51	54	105
	German		237	233	470
	Greek		41	38	79
	Hungarian		58	47	105
	Indonesian		11	11	22
	Italian		95	97	192
	Macedonian		19	14	33
	Malay		8	13	21
	Maltese		31	28	59
	Netherlandic		203	226	429
	Polish		100	101	201
	Portuguese		30	23	53
	Russian		17	15	32
	Serbian		35	42	77
	Spanish		326	308	634
	Tagalog (Filipino)		45	135	180
	Turkish		25	22	47
	Vietnamese		563	532	1095
	Other(a)		1081	1127	2208
	Total		3158	3282	6440
Not stated			1315	1257	2572
Overseas visitor			122	156	278
Total			51642	52519	104161

Birthplace of Mother by birthplace of Father
			Father
			Born in Australia	Born overseas			Not stated	Total
			Born in Australia	Canada, Ireland, NZ, South Africa, UK and USA	Other country	Total	Not stated	Total
Mother	Born in Australia		71211	5704	2397	8101	531	79843
	Born overseas:	Canada, Ireland, NZ, South Africa, UK and USA	3955	2907	425	3332	47	7334
		Other country	1347	326	2534	2860	30	4237
		Total	5302	3233	2959	6192	77	11571
	Not stated		128	12	24	36	491	655
	Total		76641	8949	5380	14329	1099	92069

Birthplace (Country) by Sex
	Male	Female	Persons
Australia	45500	45569	93069
Canada	55	41	96
Chile	77	83	160
China (excluding Taiwan Province)	25	40	65
Croatia	38	27	65
Egypt	11	8	19
Fiji	117	115	232
Germany, Federal Republic of	317	308	625
Greece	19	18	37
Hong Kong	25	28	53
Hungary	58	28	86
India	81	56	137
Indonesia	81	69	150
Ireland	142	126	268
Italy	73	63	136
Lebanon	6	3	9
Macedonia, FYR of(a)	9	8	17
Malaysia	147	177	324
Malta	65	56	121
Netherlands	432	363	795
New Zealand	1450	1416	2866
Philippines	68	261	329
Poland	98	108	206
Serbia and Montenegro, FYRs of(a)	18	9	27
Singapore	30	33	63
South Africa	105	81	186
Sri Lanka	27	26	53
United Kingdom(b)	3816	3626	7442
United States of America	119	96	215
Viet Nam	481	456	937
Born elsewhere overseas(c)	1455	1440	2895
Not stated	1796	1714	3510
Overseas visitor	131	159	290
Total	56872	57611	114483

1996 Census - Migration, Ancestry & Citizenship, Ipswich

Census Details

Collection Date1996-06-30Collection AuthorityAustralian Bureau of StatisticsCollection AreaIpswichNotes About CensusData simplified. Further data available on the original census document. Some data has been input incorrectly on the original files.References (online)1996 Census of Population and Housing Basic Community Profile

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