Do you know which are the 10 countries that send most immigrants to Australia? The migration to this continent began 50,000 years ago when the first Australian aborigines arrived and continued with the British colonization. If you were in Melbourne, of Australia’s most important cities, for these past few weeks, you would have seen people from all over the world attending one of the most important sports events in the country, The Australian Open, a tennis tournament attracting a very international crowd. During matches played by Croatian and Serbian players, it’s quite easy to spot fervorous’s Balkans fans cheering it out loud to those players, even though they have chosen Australia as their new home. Other ethnic groups are also easily spotted around the country especially the ones who came from the 10 countries that send most immigrants to Australia.
There are a few different types of Australian immigration which are classified under different categories of visa. People who want to live in Australia can apply for Australian employment visa which is the most granted to those who have a high level of education and skilled workers. Also, you can apply for student visa, the Australian Government is encouraging students from foreign countries to come and study in Australia. Most of all this kind of student visa required confirmed offer from one educational institution. For those who have ancestors in Australia can apply for their Family visa which is granted on the basis of family ties in Australia.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that in 2015, approximately 7 million people who live in Australia are born outside of it. This represents about 26.8% of the Australian resident population. It is estimated that by the year of 2050, about one-third of the Australia’s population will be born in a foreign country.
People are choosing Australia because it is one of the most developed countries in the world. This means Australia is offering its citizens good healthcare, good educational system and overall great living conditions. A lot of people are also choosing Australia because of the English language. Not only people from poor countries want to immigrate to Australia but a lot of citizens of developed countries because of family or their study visas.
You already know that people are immigrating the most to Australia and Canada. Here you can see which are the top 10 Countries that send Most Immigrants to Canada. But, however, most of them are choosing Australia because with settling in Australia you will also get an easy access to New Zealand as well which means you can explore your opportunities even further. Also, the cost of public education and healthcare services are free or at minimum cost. Because of its advanced economy, Australia offers high-income jobs especially for IT, Engineering, Healthcare and Construction sectors.
According to Wikipedia’s report, Approximately 5% of the total Australian population immigrated to another country. The largest percentage of Australian expats, around 48% are living in Europe while other largest percentage, 24% are living in Asia.
Australia is one of the biggest countries with foreign-born residents with 27.6% calculated in 2013, OECD reported. Despite Australia, Austria is also famous for its 16.7% of foreign-born residents as well as Belgium with 15.5%.
To create the list of 10 countries that send most immigrants to Australia, as the main source, we used Australian Bureau of Statistics and we sorted the countries by the number of people who immigrated.
10. Germany
With more than 130,000 Germans immigrating to Australia, Germany found its place on the list of 10 countries that send most immigrants to Australia. Germans are immigrating to Australia more and more every day, because of the high taxes in their home country and because of the opportunities that Australia offers for highly educated people.
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9. Malaysia
The main reason why Malaysians are migrating to Australia is because of the better education and life conditions, this country offers. More than 10,000 Malaysians are immigrating to Australia every year. In 2015, 156,500 Malaysians immigrated to Australia.
8. South Africa
More than 178,000 people immigrated from South Africa, one of the countries that send most immigrants to Australia. If we take a look at the percentages, it is 0.8% of whole Australian population.
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7. Italy
Every day, more and more young Italy citizens are immigrating to Australia. Mostly, because of the high salaries, over 200,000 left this country and migrated to Australia.
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6. Vietnam
In the last 40 years, most Vietnamese are choosing Australia to immigrate into. There more than 230,000 that migrated to Australia and it’s 1% of the Australian population.
5. Philippines
Because of the high salaries, better healthcare, education and short distance, Australia became popular for Filipinos. More than 240,000 Filipinos immigrated to Australia.
4. India
Many Indian citizens are choosing Australia to immigrate into because it is offering high salary jobs and overall good living conditions. More than 433.000 people immigrated from India to Australia which is now consisting 1.8% of the total Australian population.
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3. China
Even though it is hard for Chinese to learn the English language because it is unusual for them, they choose Australia to immigrate into because Australia is offering good healthcare, education, and good paying jobs. We are all aware of the problem Chinese people have with working 12 hours a day for a few cents. Approximately 500.000 Chinese citizens immigrated to Australia and they are consisting 2.0% of the total Australian population.
2. New Zealand
People from New Zealand are immigrating to Australia because they can get citizenship easily. They are immigrating to expand their opportunities even further. All they need to do to become citizens is to stay in Australia for 6 to 12 months. This is why more than 611.500 people from this country immigrated to Australia.
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1. United Kingdom
Because of the history the United Kingdom and Australia share, many citizens of United Kingdom are choosing to immigrate to Australia in order to be with their family. Also, they are immigrating because they are already speaking the same language which means adjusting won’t be as hard as to Chinese people. People from the United Kingdom immigrated the most in Australia with approximately 1,207,000 people and now they are consisting more than 5.1% of the total Australian population.
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Keep in mind that this is only the number of people who immigrated to Australia, if we count the number of foreign-borns in Australia the number will be tremendously bigger. However, these are the top 10 countries that send most immigrants to Australia.
