Country of birth
Social exclusion is experienced by 29% of immigrants from non–English speaking countries.
In measuring social exclusion we found that immigrants from non–English speaking countries experience more social exclusion than native-born Australians. In 2009 (the latest data), 29% of these immigrants experienced exclusion compared to 24% of people born in Australia.
Immigrants from non-English speaking countries were more likely to experience deep social exclusion. Seven per cent experienced deep exclusion in 2009 compared to 5% of immigrants from the main English-speaking countries (United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and South Africa) and 5% of those born in Australia.
Over the 2001–08 period, overall social exclusion determined by country of birth decreased for most people. However, the percentage of immigrants from non–English speaking countries experiencing deep exclusion was consistently higher than that of the other groups.
In the graph below, the ‘all social exclusion’ lines show the total of marginal social exclusion and deep social exclusion.
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See data table for this graph.
The social exclusion monitor is the work of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). This page was updated using analysis of Wave 9 of the HILDA Survey in March 2012.