Migration Stream by Country of Birth

Migration Stream by Country of Birth

This table covers the Settlement Date(a) range from 1 October 2008 to 31 September 2013.

You should note and take into account the matters identified as caveats to this data (refer to separate page).

(a) Settlement Date is 'date of visa grant ' for settlers who were in Australia when their visa was granted, and 'date of arrival in Australia ' for settlers who were overseas when their visa was granted.

Migration Stream

Country of Birth / Family / Humanitarian / Other / Skilled / Unknown / Grand Total / % of Total /
Afghanistan / 5,167 / 11,980 / * / 91 / 0 / 17,241 / 1.5%
Africa (So Stated) / * / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 15 / 0.0%
Albania / 577 / 53 / 7 / 214 / 0 / 851 / 0.1%
Algeria / 160 / 10 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 202 / 0.0%
American Samoa / 10 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 14 / 0.0%
Andorra / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Angola / 22 / * / 0 / 33 / 0 / 58 / 0.0%
Antartica / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Antigua Barbuda / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 6 / 0.0%
Argentina / 530 / * / 0 / 702 / 0 / 1,233 / 0.1%
Armenia / 45 / * / 0 / 72 / 0 / 118 / 0.0%
Aruba / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
At Sea / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
Aust. Ext. Territories (So Sta / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Australia / 567 / 638 / * / 17,992 / 0 / 19,201 / 1.7%
Austria / 440 / 0 / 0 / 390 / 0 / 830 / 0.1%
Azerbaijan / 32 / * / 0 / 60 / 0 / 95 / 0.0%
Bahamas / 17 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 28 / 0.0%
Bahrain / 68 / 61 / * / 261 / 0 / 392 / 0.0%
Bangladesh / 3,753 / 290 / 13 / 10,382 / 0 / 14,438 / 1.3%
Barbados / 18 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 43 / 0.0%
Belarus / 92 / * / 0 / 165 / 0 / 259 / 0.0%
Belgium / 426 / 0 / 0 / 640 / 0 / 1,066 / 0.1%
Belize / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 9 / 0.0%
Benin / 10 / 13 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 30 / 0.0%
Bermuda / 15 / 0 / 0 / 45 / 0 / 60 / 0.0%
Bhutan / 15 / 2,978 / 0 / 47 / 0 / 3,040 / 0.3%
Bolivia / 80 / 0 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 152 / 0.0%
Bosnia-Herzegovina / 468 / 0 / 0 / 131 / 0 / 599 / 0.1%
Botswana / 103 / 0 / 0 / 336 / 0 / 439 / 0.0%
Brazil / 3,204 / * / * / 4,034 / 0 / 7,244 / 0.6%
Brit. Dep. Terr. Citz. / 56 / 0 / 0 / 142 / 0 / 198 / 0.0%
British Protected Person / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Brunei / 96 / * / 0 / 269 / 0 / 368 / 0.0%
Bulgaria / 309 / 0 / 0 / 244 / 0 / 553 / 0.0%
Burkina Faso / * / * / 0 / 11 / 0 / 16 / 0.0%
Burma / 1,252 / 7,970 / * / 1,315 / 0 / 10,540 / 0.9%
Burundi / 146 / 409 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 561 / 0.0%
Cambodia / 4,542 / 28 / 0 / 356 / 0 / 4,926 / 0.4%
Cameroon Rep / 72 / 83 / 0 / 38 / 0 / 193 / 0.0%
Canada / 5,675 / * / 0 / 3,952 / * / 9,633 / 0.8%
Cape Verde / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0.0%
Cayman Islands / 9 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 18 / 0.0%
Chad / * / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 0.0%
Channel Islands / 29 / 0 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 62 / 0.0%
Chile / 878 / 0 / 0 / 607 / 0 / 1,485 / 0.1%
China Peoples Rep / 56,748 / 1,985 / 40 / 97,357 / * / 156,132 / 13.6%
Christmas Island / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Cntl African Rep. / * / * / 0 / * / 0 / 7 / 0.0%
Cntl America (S/S) / * / * / 0 / * / 0 / 7 / 0.0%
Colombia / 2,200 / 97 / * / 3,098 / 0 / 5,396 / 0.5%
Comoros / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 6 / 0.0%
Congo Republic / 42 / 359 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 426 / 0.0%
Cook Islands / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 6 / 0.0%
Costa Rica / 59 / 0 / 0 / 21 / 0 / 80 / 0.0%
Croatia / 356 / * / 0 / 128 / 0 / 487 / 0.0%
Cuba / 172 / 45 / 0 / 52 / 0 / 269 / 0.0%
Cyprus / 117 / 27 / 0 / 124 / 0 / 268 / 0.0%
Czech Republic / 347 / * / 0 / 250 / 0 / 598 / 0.1%
Dem Rep Of Timor-Leste / 150 / 24 / 6 / 26 / 0 / 206 / 0.0%
Democratic Republic Of Con / g 294 / 1,854 / 0 / 83 / 0 / 2,231 / 0.2%
Denmark / 516 / 0 / 0 / 339 / 0 / 855 / 0.1%
Djibouti / 32 / 13 / 0 / * / 0 / 48 / 0.0%
Dominica / 6 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 8 / 0.0%
Dominican Rep. / 46 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 65 / 0.0%
Ecuador / 196 / * / * / 86 / 0 / 284 / 0.0%
Egypt Arab Rep Of / 1,994 / 1,257 / * / 3,232 / 0 / 6,488 / 0.6%
El Salvador / 200 / 11 / * / 98 / 0 / 310 / 0.0%
England / 4,706 / * / * / 10,299 / * / 15,012 / 1.3%
Equatorial Guinea / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Eritrea / 297 / 815 / * / 24 / 0 / 1,137 / 0.1%
Estonia / 252 / 0 / 0 / 163 / 0 / 415 / 0.0%
Ethiopia / 1,956 / 1,632 / * / 162 / 0 / 3,753 / 0.3%
Faeroe Islands / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Falkland Islands / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 6 / 0.0%
Fiji / 4,833 / 289 / * / 3,489 / 0 / 8,614 / 0.8%
Finland / 439 / 0 / 0 / 335 / 0 / 774 / 0.1%
Fmr Serbia Montenegro / 245 / * / 0 / 257 / 0 / 503 / 0.0%
Fmr U.S.S.R. / 3,508 / 46 / * / 2,132 / 0 / 5,687 / 0.5%
Fmr Yugo Rep Of Macedonia / 1,635 / 0 / 0 / 234 / 0 / 1,869 / 0.2%
Former Yugoslavia / 675 / * / 0 / 141 / * / 819 / 0.1%
Fr Czechoslovakia / 679 / * / 0 / 556 / 0 / 1,236 / 0.1%
France / 3,059 / * / 0 / 3,518 / 0 / 6,580 / 0.6%
French Guiana / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 8 / 0.0%
Gabon / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 8 / 0.0%
Gambia / 17 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 18 / 0.0%
Gaza Strip / 10 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0.0%
Georgia / 41 / 7 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 73 / 0.0%
Germany / 5,079 / 7 / 0 / 6,002 / 0 / 11,088 / 1.0%
Ghana / 988 / 109 / 0 / 403 / 0 / 1,500 / 0.1%
Gibraltar / 10 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 0 / 33 / 0.0%
Greece / 1,201 / 9 / 0 / 237 / 0 / 1,447 / 0.1%
Greenland / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 6 / 0.0%
Grenada / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Guadeloupe / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 7 / 0.0%
Guam / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 7 / 0.0%
Guatemala / 52 / 0 / 0 / 49 / 0 / 101 / 0.0%
Guernsey / * / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 13 / 0.0%
Guinea / 182 / 223 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 412 / 0.0%
Guinea-Bissau / * / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
Guyana / 34 / 0 / 0 / 22 / 0 / 56 / 0.0%
Haiti / 17 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 23 / 0.0%
Honduras / 27 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 38 / 0.0%
Hong Kong / 3,274 / * / 0 / 5,508 / 0 / 8,787 / 0.8%
Hungary / 622 / * / 0 / 1,157 / 0 / 1,781 / 0.2%
Iceland / 35 / 0 / 0 / 35 / 0 / 70 / 0.0%
India / 33,343 / 419 / * / 135,188 / * / 168,956 / 14.8%
Indonesia / 7,997 / 414 / 13 / 8,828 / * / 17,253 / 1.5%
Iran / 2,647 / 7,681 / * / 10,219 / 0 / 20,551 / 1.8%
Iraq / 3,792 / 14,389 / 0 / 654 / 0 / 18,835 / 1.6%
Ireland / 4,748 / 0 / 0 / 14,389 / * / 19,138 / 1.7%
Isle Of Man / * / 0 / 0 / 41 / 0 / 44 / 0.0%
Israel / 825 / 6 / 0 / 1,359 / 0 / 2,190 / 0.2%
Italy / 2,062 / 9 / * / 2,019 / * / 4,092 / 0.4%
Ivory Coast / 61 / 162 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 241 / 0.0%
Jamaica / 113 / 0 / 0 / 70 / 0 / 183 / 0.0%
Japan / 6,519 / 7 / 0 / 4,526 / 0 / 11,052 / 1.0%
Jersey / 10 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 38 / 0.0%
Jordan / 728 / 144 / 0 / 593 / 0 / 1,465 / 0.1%
Kazakhstan / 146 / * / 0 / 241 / 0 / 388 / 0.0%
Kenya / 1,046 / 584 / 0 / 2,364 / 0 / 3,994 / 0.3%
Kiribati / 44 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 71 / 0.0%
Korea Dem P.R.Of / * / 9 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 26 / 0.0%
Korea Rep Of / 7,146 / 35 / 18 / 20,676 / 0 / 27,875 / 2.4%
Kosovo / 86 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 94 / 0.0%
Kuwait / 320 / 389 / 0 / 732 / 0 / 1,441 / 0.1%
Kyrgyzstan / 41 / * / 0 / 70 / 0 / 115 / 0.0%
Laos / 593 / 185 / 0 / 60 / 0 / 838 / 0.1%
Latvia / 202 / 0 / 0 / 139 / 0 / 341 / 0.0%
Lebanon / 7,184 / 287 / * / 1,148 / 0 / 8,621 / 0.8%
Lesotho / 6 / 0 / 0 / 24 / 0 / 30 / 0.0%
Liberia / 313 / 557 / 0 / 21 / 0 / 891 / 0.1%
Libya / * / * / 0 / * / 0 / 7 / 0.0%
Libyan Arab Jamhiriya / 87 / 226 / 0 / 128 / 0 / 441 / 0.0%
Liechenstein / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Lithuania / 180 / 0 / 0 / 143 / 0 / 323 / 0.0%
Luxembourg / 16 / 0 / 0 / 19 / 0 / 35 / 0.0%
Macau / 102 / 0 / 0 / 220 / 0 / 322 / 0.0%
Madagascar / 28 / 0 / 0 / 23 / 0 / 51 / 0.0%
Malawi / 65 / 143 / 0 / 118 / 0 / 326 / 0.0%
Malaysia / 5,832 / 641 / * / 24,271 / * / 30,746 / 2.7%
Maldive Islands / 29 / * / 0 / 136 / 0 / 168 / 0.0%
Mali / 15 / * / 0 / * / 0 / 20 / 0.0%
Malta / 230 / * / 0 / 151 / * / 387 / 0.0%
Marshall Islands / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Martinique / * / 0 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 13 / 0.0%
Mauritania / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Mauritius / 1,025 / * / 0 / 4,524 / 0 / 5,550 / 0.5%
Mayotte / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Mexico / 740 / * / 0 / 1,077 / 0 / 1,819 / 0.2%
Micronesia / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
Moldova / 71 / 0 / 0 / 87 / 0 / 158 / 0.0%
Monaco / * / 0 / * / * / 0 / 9 / 0.0%
Mongolia / 140 / 30 / 0 / 124 / 0 / 294 / 0.0%
Montenegro Republic Of / 58 / * / 0 / 8 / 0 / 67 / 0.0%
Montserrat / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
Morocco / 383 / * / 0 / 86 / 0 / 473 / 0.0%
Mozambique / 60 / 32 / 0 / 115 / 0 / 207 / 0.0%
Namibia / 73 / 0 / 0 / 324 / 0 / 397 / 0.0%
Nauru / 37 / * / 0 / 13 / 0 / 53 / 0.0%
Nepal / 2,045 / 1,671 / * / 13,828 / 0 / 17,547 / 1.5%
Neth. Antilles / 9 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 22 / 0.0%
Netherlands / 1,627 / * / 0 / 2,365 / 0 / 3,996 / 0.3%
New Caledonia / 68 / 0 / 0 / 101 / 0 / 169 / 0.0%
New Zealand / 1,093 / * / 0 / 5,558 / 0 / 6,652 / 0.6%
Nicaragua / 40 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0 / 53 / 0.0%
Niger / 18 / * / 0 / 12 / 0 / 33 / 0.0%
Nigeria / 904 / 119 / * / 1,313 / 0 / 2,337 / 0.2%
Niue / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Norfolk Island / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Northern Ireland / 372 / 0 / 0 / 1,054 / 0 / 1,426 / 0.1%
Norway / 585 / 0 / 0 / 272 / 0 / 857 / 0.1%
Not Recorded / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Nth Mariana Isles / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Oman / 26 / 0 / 0 / 219 / 0 / 245 / 0.0%
Pakistan / 5,010 / 2,707 / * / 11,077 / 0 / 18,798 / 1.6%
Palau / * / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 8 / 0.0%
Palestinian Authority / 139 / 85 / 0 / 58 / 0 / 282 / 0.0%
Panama / 31 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 49 / 0.0%
Papua New Guinea / 994 / 146 / 0 / 1,647 / 0 / 2,787 / 0.2%
Paraguay / 28 / 0 / 0 / 26 / 0 / 54 / 0.0%
Peru / 1,191 / * / * / 1,113 / 0 / 2,311 / 0.2%
Philippines / 23,213 / 33 / 8 / 38,231 / * / 61,488 / 5.4%
Poland / 1,993 / * / 0 / 1,763 / * / 3,758 / 0.3%
Polynesia Exc (Nfd) / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Portugal / 490 / 0 / 0 / 434 / 0 / 924 / 0.1%
Puerto Rico / 17 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 31 / 0.0%
Qatar / 56 / 9 / 0 / 180 / 0 / 245 / 0.0%
Reunion Island / 15 / 0 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 42 / 0.0%
Romania / 1,020 / 10 / 0 / 988 / 0 / 2,018 / 0.2%
Russian Federation / 1,139 / 7 / * / 2,314 / 0 / 3,463 / 0.3%
Rwanda / 82 / 315 / 0 / * / 0 / 402 / 0.0%
S/E Asia (So Stated) / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Samoa / 413 / * / 0 / 97 / 0 / 511 / 0.0%
Saudi Arabia / 274 / 100 / * / 1,022 / 0 / 1,397 / 0.1%
Scotland / 755 / 0 / 0 / 2,337 / 0 / 3,092 / 0.3%
Senegal / 48 / * / 0 / 15 / 0 / 64 / 0.0%
Serbia Republic Of / 892 / * / 0 / 359 / 0 / 1,253 / 0.1%
Seychelles / 90 / 0 / 0 / 208 / 0 / 298 / 0.0%
Sierra Leone / 415 / 622 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 1,064 / 0.1%
Singapore / 2,503 / 0 / 0 / 8,416 / 0 / 10,919 / 1.0%
Slovak Republic / 231 / 0 / 0 / 233 / 0 / 464 / 0.0%
Slovenia / 77 / 0 / 0 / 209 / 0 / 286 / 0.0%
Solomon Islands / 171 / * / 0 / 101 / 0 / 273 / 0.0%
Somalia / 897 / 1,055 / 0 / 27 / 0 / 1,979 / 0.2%
South Sudan / 140 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 140 / 0.0%
Southern East Africa (S/S) / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Spain / 809 / 0 / 0 / 708 / 0 / 1,517 / 0.1%
Sri Lanka / 5,572 / 2,795 / * / 22,181 / 0 / 30,549 / 2.7%
St Helena / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
St Kitts Nevis / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
St Lucia / 13 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 25 / 0.0%
St Vincent The Grenadiene / 6 / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / 9 / 0.0%
Stateless / 17 / 135 / 0 / * / 0 / 153 / 0.0%
Sth Africa Rep / 6,858 / 46 / 0 / 41,006 / 0 / 47,910 / 4.2%
Sudan / 1,873 / 1,473 / * / 92 / 0 / 3,439 / 0.3%
Surinam / 8 / 0 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 36 / 0.0%
Swaziland / 13 / 0 / 0 / 45 / 0 / 58 / 0.0%
Sweden / 1,513 / 0 / 0 / 863 / 0 / 2,376 / 0.2%
Switzerland / 831 / * / 0 / 744 / 0 / 1,578 / 0.1%
Syria / 1,372 / 538 / * / 175 / 0 / 2,086 / 0.2%
Tadjikistan / 15 / * / 0 / 22 / 0 / 38 / 0.0%
Tahiti / 31 / 0 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 56 / 0.0%
Taiwan / 2,738 / 0 / * / 3,022 / 0 / 5,763 / 0.5%
Tanzania / 211 / 317 / 0 / 234 / 0 / 762 / 0.1%
Thailand / 14,441 / 1,876 / * / 3,275 / 0 / 19,597 / 1.7%
Tibet (So Stated) / 31 / 132 / 0 / * / 0 / 168 / 0.0%
Togo / 21 / 137 / 0 / * / 0 / 160 / 0.0%
Tokelau / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Tonga / 954 / 14 / * / 95 / 0 / 1,064 / 0.1%
Trinidad Tobago / 91 / 0 / 0 / 116 / 0 / 207 / 0.0%
Tunisia / 81 / 9 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 121 / 0.0%
Turkey / 2,565 / 313 / 9 / 1,033 / 0 / 3,920 / 0.3%
Turkmenstan / 14 / * / 0 / 9 / 0 / 25 / 0.0%
Tuvalu / 8 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 19 / 0.0%
U.S.A. / 11,463 / * / 0 / 6,387 / * / 17,855 / 1.6%
Uganda / 292 / 303 / 0 / 150 / 0 / 745 / 0.1%
Ukraine / 604 / 7 / * / 799 / 0 / 1,414 / 0.1%
United Arab Emirates / 399 / 73 / 0 / 1,661 / 0 / 2,133 / 0.2%
United Kingdom / 31,664 / * / * / 77,736 / * / 109,409 / 9.6%
Unknown / 84 / 41 / * / 1,920 / 0 / 2,046 / 0.2%
Uruguay / 145 / 0 / 0 / 60 / 0 / 205 / 0.0%
Us Minor Outlying Islands / * / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / * / 0.0%
Uzbekistan / 170 / 43 / 0 / 170 / 0 / 383 / 0.0%
Vanuatu / 144 / * / 0 / 31 / 0 / 176 / 0.0%
Venezuela / 307 / 7 / * / 1,537 / 0 / 1,852 / 0.2%
Vietnam / 22,218 / 74 / 6 / 6,846 / 0 / 29,144 / 2.5%
Vigin Islands (British) / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Virgin Islands (U.S.A.) / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
Wales / 217 / 0 / 0 / 515 / * / 733 / 0.1%
Wallis And Futuna / * / 0 / 0 / * / 0 / * / 0.0%
West Bank / 21 / * / 0 / * / 0 / 30 / 0.0%
Yemen / 32 / 12 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 69 / 0.0%
Zambia / 350 / 136 / 0 / 1,036 / 0 / 1,522 / 0.1%
Zimbabwe / 1,487 / 855 / 0 / 7,937 / * / 10,280 / 0.9%
Grand Total / 374,298 76,022 / 201 / 693,855 / 25 / 1,144,401 / 100%

Caveats

The Settlement Reporting Facility (SRF) reports on data sourced from the Settlement Database (SOB). There are limitations in the data capture, the actual data and the reporting system.

Data Capture

·  SOB collects data concerning settlers who have been granted a permanent (or provisional) visa.

·  SOB data is compiled from a number of sources including Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC),other Commonwealth agencies and service providers.