Guest Guest66881 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 More than six million people living in Australia were not born here, new migration figures have revealed - with Western Australia having the highest proportion of migrants. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that in June 2013 Australia's population included 6.4 million migrants or 28 per cent of the population - an increase of 1.7 million people in the past decade. That peaked in WA, with more than one third of WA's population now born overseas, and twice as many British expats living in the west than anywhere else in Australia. "The proportion of overseas born residents in Western Australia has continued to increase from one Census to the next," said Bjorn Jarvis, director of demography at the ABS. Across Australia, people born in the United Kingdom remained the largest group of migrants with more than 1.2 million calling Australia home. They were followed by 608,800 from New Zealand, 427,600 from China and 369,700 from India. State breakdowns show Western Australia now has 33.4 per cent, or 786,500 people, who were not born in Australia. They also recorded the largest increase in the proportion of overseas born residents, up from 29.9 per cent in 2006. Victoria has the second-highest proportion, with 28.7 per cent - or 1,589,800 residents - born overseas, with higher proportions of residents born in India (2.3 per cent), Italy (1.5 per cent), Vietnam (1.4 per cent), Greece (1.1 per cent) and Sri Lanka (0.9 per cent) than any other state or territory. The Northern Territory had the highest proportion of people born in the Philippines (1.9 per cent). http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/20382389/new-data-shows-six-million-born-overseas/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's amazing- I am surprised. Obviously don't live round here, nearly everyone is Aussie born. I think only around 5% born overseas if memory serves me right. A different story further into the city I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiralx Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I live here but certainly don't call it home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Geelong? Its different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Not surprised in some of the suburbs here to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well every second person on PIO seems to have moved to Perth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well every second person on PIO seems to have moved to Perth. Can't be that shabby then can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 There is only one other family i know of in my suburb from Pom land. Though a lot of saffas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 While WA has the highest number born overseas as pointed out it is not so diverse but that is changing as well. In 5 years WA changed (06 to 11 census) UK...................... 208,381 up to 230,412 NZ.......................47,381 to 70,735 South Africa..........22,052 to 35,327 India....................15,156 to 29,915 Malaysia................19,917 to 24,967 Italy......................20,924 down to 19,477 Philippines..............6,834 to 17,231 China.....................8006 to 16,693 As can be seen UK head and shoulders above all other immigrant groups. The Chinese born population while way down on NSW and VIC, saw a faster rise of 125% over the five years in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpo1971 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 230,000 Poms in WA. Something to think about when reading the same half a dozen moaning on here every day, ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 230,000 Poms in WA. Something to think about when reading the same half a dozen moaning on here every day, ha ha. Yeah but we are all here under duress apparently desperate to get "home" but unable to or too thick to realise how boring it is here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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