Overseas Born Population of Australia

Top 10 Overseas born Nationalities in Australia, in 2020.

In 2020, the largest group of nationalities of the overseas born population of Australia continued to be led by the English, with 980,360 English born residents of Australia. That was 3.8% of the population.

Indian nationals were in second place with 721,050 Australian residents, followed by the Chinese, with 650,640.

This table shows the top 10 overseas born nationalities in Australia, at 30 June for each of the years shown.

2020 Country 2015 2010
980,360 England 1,006,540 985,090
721,050 India 449,040 329,510
650,640 China 508,870 371,550
564,840 New Zealand 575,430 517,780
310,050 Philippines 241,130 183,770
270,340 Vietnam 235,590 203,770
200,240 South Africa 177,390 155,950
177,840 Italy 198,510 204,690
177,460 Malaysia 143,420 129,880
146,950 Sri Lanka 119,700 96,480

In June 2008, the largest group of overseas born residents of Australia was the United Kingdom with 1.2 million, followed by those from New Zealand (495,000 people), China (314,000), India (239,000) and Italy (222,000).

The 2020 figures have separated the United Kingdom into their individual countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Source: www.abs.gov.au/…/migration-australia


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British Born Residents of Australia.

In 2001, there were 1,122,200 Australian Residents born in the UK.

  • 927,630 English
  • 141,850 Scottish
  • 30,770 Welsh
  • 21,950 Northern Irish

In 2006, there were 1,130,980 Australian Residents born in the UK.

  • 939,260 English
  • 136,630 Scottish
  • 31,810 Welsh
  • 23,280 Northern Irish

In 2011, there were 1,193,050 Australian Residents born in the UK.

  • 991,040 English
  • 141,220 Scottish
  • 33,470 Welsh
  • 27,320 Northern Irish

In 2016, there were 1,198,910 Australian Residents born in the UK.

  • 1,002,060 English
  • 137,760 Scottish
  • 32,360 Welsh
  • 26,730 Northern Irish

Source: https://stat.data.abs.gov.au

2016 Top 20 Overseas Born Populations

  1. 1,198,910 – United Kingdom
  2. 568,170 – New Zealand
  3. 557,690 – China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
  4. 489,410 – India
  5. 252,690 – Philippines
  6. 243,220 – Vietnam
  7. 195,760 – Italy
  8. 180,480 – South Africa
  9. 152,900 – Malaysia
  10. 124,500 – Sri Lanka
  11. 116,700 – Germany
  12. 113,420 – Greece
  13. 111,570 – Korea, Republic of (South)
  14. 105,750 – United States of America
  15. 97,590 – Hong Kong (SAR of China)
  16. 93,720 – Lebanon
  17. 88,020 – Ireland
  18. 78,970 – Indonesia
  19. 78,670 – Netherlands
  20. 74,680 – Iraq
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