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Australia's overseas-born share was 32.0% as of January 2025. The share of Australia's resident population born overseas, derived each year from estimated resident population by country of birth. Around a third of Australians were born overseas. The share shapes the workforce, cultural life and the demand for services, and frames the migration debate. Data is sourced from Derived from ABS estimated resident population by country of birth (Cat. 3416.0) and updated annually.
The share of Australia's resident population born overseas, derived each year from estimated resident population by country of birth.
Around a third of Australians were born overseas. The share shapes the workforce, cultural life and the demand for services, and frames the migration debate.
Context-dependent
Source: Derived from ABS estimated resident population by country of birth (Cat. 3416.0)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Derived from ABS estimated resident population by country of birth (Cat. 3416.0)), updated annually. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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