Australia immigration grew by 60% in 2023 and expected to remain steady in 2024

Highlights: Australia Immigration rose by 60% in 2023, reports suggest.

• The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on Australia's overseas Immigration.
• The overall population of Australia increased to 26.8 Million in 2023.
• Around 83% of the growth was registered from the net overseas migration.
• NSW, Victoria, and Queensland recorded the highest level of net overseas migration.

 

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Change in Australia’s population

The overall population of Australia rose to 26.8 Million in 2023, 83% of which was contributed by the net overseas Immigration. The population grew by 548,800 people, with 765,000 overseas migration arrivals and 217,100 departures last year.

The net overseas migration increased by 60%, with 34% overseas migration arrivals. Most of the net overseas migration arrivals were reportedly on a temporary work visa or Australia study visa.

 

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Provincial Breakdown of Net Overseas Migration

The top three provinces with the highest level of net Immigration were NSW, Victoria, and Queensland, while the Northern Territory received the lowest migration rates.

The table below has a complete breakdown of the province-wise breakdown of net overseas migration.

Province	Number of immigrants
NSW	1,86,433
Victoria	1,61,758
Queensland	87,954
Western Australia	67,629
South Australia	28,587
Australian Capital Territory	8,792
Tasmania	4,400
Northern Territory	3,189

 

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Top 4 countries that contributed to the Net overseas Migration in 2023

Australia had a majority of overseas arrivals in 2023 particularly from 4 countries. India registered the most number of people moving to Australia in 2023.

The list of four countries that had the highest number of migrants is as follows:

1. India
2. China
3. Philippines
4. UK

 

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Benefits of Australia Immigration

Here are some of the reasons why you can consider moving to Australia:

• Ranked Top 3 on the Global list for education system
• Over 350,000 job vacancies
• It offers one of the most accessible Healthcare system
• Get Australia PR upon eligibility
• It has one of the most liveable cities in the world  
• Maintains a multi-cultural society

 

 

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