Country of Birth

Where do Australian migrants come from?

Top 10 countries of birth for the overseas-born population

UNITED KINGDOM NEW ZEALAND

CHINA

20.8% 9.1% 6%
INDIA ITALY VIETNAM

5.6% 3.5% 3.5%

PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA MALAYSIA GERMANY

3.2% 2.8% 2.2% 2%

Everyone has the right

to freedom of
Did you know?
movement; everyone
has the right to leave In 2011,
any country, including
their own; and to return 1 in every 4
26
to their country. %
Article 12, International Covenant Australian residents
on Civil and Political Rights. was born overseas

How many people

om In 2011 there were:
in Australia come fr
 migrant families? 5.3 million
First generation
Australians

27%
10.6 million
Third-plus generation
20%
53%
Australians
4.1 million
Second generation
Australians

Did you know?

In 2009-10, of the 5 million children aged 0 to 17 years
in Australia, 417,700 (8.3%) were born overseas.
8.3 %
born overseas

Where do most migrants live?

In 2011, 85% of those born

overseas lived in a major urban
area in Australia.

Migrant populations in
Australian capital cities
DARWIN BRISBANE
25.9 %
27%
3.2% United Kingdom 4.8% New Zealand
%
 3.2 United Kingdom
2.4% Philippines 4.4% United Kingdom
2.1% New Zealand 1.1% India
1.1% India 1% China
0.8% Greece 0.9% South Africa SYDNEY

38.9%
PERTH 3.5% United Kingdom

37.1 % 3.4%
2%
China
India
1.9% New Zealand
9.5% United Kingdom 1.6% Vietnam
3.1% New Zealand
1.8% South Africa
1.6% India
1.4% Malaysia
CANBERRA

25.3%
3.7% United Kingdom
ADELAIDE 1.8% China

27.4% 1.6%
1.2%
India
New Zealand
0.8% Vietnam
7% United Kingdom
1.6% Italy
MELBOURNE

34.6%
1.4% India
HOBART
1.3%
1%
China
Vietnam 14.6%
3.4
%
United Kingdom
2.7% India 3.9% United Kingdom
2.3% China 0.9% New Zealand
1.7% Italy 0.7% China
1.7% New Zealand 0.5% Scotland
0.5% Germany

Did you know?

One-third
of Western
Australia’s
population were
born overseas
This is the highest proportion of any
Australian state or territory.

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