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In Australia, 29.1% of residents (ie, citizens or permanent residents) were born overseas[1] in 2021 (down from 29.8% in 2020 due to COVID meaning less new perm
by nl 4y ago
In Australia, 29.1% of residents (ie, citizens or permanent residents) were born overseas[1] in 2021 (down from 29.8% in 2020 due to COVID meaning less new permanent residents).
Net migration was 171,000 in 2021-22[2] and there were 167,000 newly conferred citizens (not counting native births)[3].
Top 5 countries of birth for Australian citizens born overseas were: England, China, India, New Zealand, Philippines. Top 5 new citizen countries of birth were: India, UK, Philippines, NZ, Pakistan.
[1] https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australias-population-country-birth/latest-release https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australi...
[2] https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/net-overseas-migration-recovers-171000-2021-22 https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/net-overs...
[3] https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/citizenship-statistics https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/stati...
- ericmay 4y agoAre pathways to citizenship exactly the same for the UK and New Zealand as they are for other countries? > In Australia, 29.1% of residents (ie, citizens or permanent residents) Being a citizen is not the same as being a permanent resident.
- nl 4y agoExactly. "Resident" is either a citizens or a permanent resident. This is why I also gave the numbers for number of new citizens vs new new migration. We can see from that that roughly 97.5% of permanent residents become citizens.
- ericmay 4y agoLooking at the data, take India for example. >700,000 migrants but only 30,000 new citizens?