Net Overseas Migration & Interstate Migration

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released a report showing the latest estimates of regional internal migration:

REGIONAL INTERNAL MIGRATION

Regional internal migration is the movement of people from one region to another within Australia (both interstate and intrastate). Net regional internal migration is the net gain or loss of population through this movement.

The following commentary analyses 2015-16 data at three geographic levels: Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) and Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3).

CAPITAL CITIES

Brisbane had the highest net internal migration gain of all Greater Capital Cities in 2015-16 (10,100 people), ahead of Melbourne (8,300) and Hobart (400).

The Queensland capital recorded the largest net migration gains in the 15-24 year old (4,200 people), 25-44 year old (2,700) and 0-14 year old (2,600) age groups. Most arrivals into Brisbane came from Rest of Queensland (42,100), Sydney (9,900) and Rest of New South Wales (9,200).

Melbourne had net gains in the 0-14 year old (690 people), 15-24 year old (4,900) and 25-44 year old (6,200) age groups. Most arrivals into Melbourne came from Rest of Victoria (24,200) and Sydney (13,700).

Sydney had the highest net loss of all Greater Capital Cities in 2015-16 (-23,200 people), followed by Adelaide (-6,100), Perth (-3,300), Darwin (-1,200) and the Australian Capital Territory (-180). Sydney lost most people to Rest of New South Wales (41,300) and Melbourne (13,700). Compared to other Greater Capital Cities, Sydney recorded the highest net losses across all age groups, except for 15-24 year olds where it recorded a net gain of 1,000 people.

 

• In 2015-16, net overseas migration (NOM) reflected an annual gain of 182,165 persons, 3.0% (5,300) more than in 2014-15.

• An estimated 366,400 people moved interstate in 2015-16, an increase of 8.1% from the previous year.

• At 30 June 2016, 28.5% of Australia's estimated resident population (6.9 million people) was born overseas.

 

MIGRATION SUMMARY, State & Territory - 2015-16(a)
	Net Overseas Migration (NOM)	Net Interstate Migration (NIM)	Net migration
State or Territory	no.	no.	no.
NSW	71 161	-11 349	59 812
Vic.	65 007	16 699	81 706
Qld	20 019	11 581	31 600
SA	9 163	-6 398	2 765
WA	13 640	-7 703	5 937
Tas.	1 143	42	1 185
NT	420	-2 696	-2 276
ACT	1 607	-176	1 431
Australia(b)	182 165	na	182 165
na not applicable. (a) Estimates are preliminary (b) Includes Other Territories.

 

ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, Australia - Top 10 countries of birth - 30 June 2016(a)(b)(c)
	Persons
Country of birth	no.	% of Australian population
UK, CIs & IOM(d)	1 198 000	5.0
New Zealand	607 200	2.5
China(e)	526 000	2.2
India	468 800	1.9
Philippines	246 400	1.0
Vietnam	236 700	1.0
Italy	194 900	0.8
South Africa	181 400	0.8
Malaysia	166 200	0.7
Germany	124 300	0.5
(a) Estimates are preliminary (b) Top 10 countries of birth excluding Australia. (c) All population figures presented in this table are rounded. Estimates of the proportion of the Australian population are based on unrounded numbers.  (d) United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. (e) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.