Australian Immigration Population
Yearly, there are hundred thousands people from all over the world are applying for an Australia visas. Great number of people are traveling down south to work, study, do business, reunite with relatives and loved ones, refresh or to stay permanently. And this massive immigration greatly affects Australia, no one can say if it's negative or not. The country became multicultural and the emerging lifestyle inside is from Britain. Why? Simply because the largest foreign settler in Australia were from United Kingdom. Other notable cultures boosting in the land of opportunities were from China and other European countries.
Australia's current population is about 22 million, and one quarter of it is made up of migrants. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, this year's growth in the Australian population as a whole is the largest since Federation. The number grew by more than 400,000 and from this, immigrants contributed more than half of the said growth just within a year.
UK-born people is the largest migrants group in Australia. This is because English people have been moving to Australia since 1780s due to their colonization of the country. There are over 1.2 million British in the country. But the rate dropped by almost 1% last year.
Top two nationality that has a large number in the country is New Zealand with almost 480,000. They can create a big population because Australia does not require New Zealanders to obtain visa just to be able to enter the country. This condition is a part of the Australian law and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
Other major groups, from large population contributor down to the least were China, Italy, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Greece, Macedonia and South Africa. They complete the top ten immigrants in Australia. Other countries with notable number in the country were Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Lebanon, Indonesia, US and so forth. Sudanese-born and other African nationalities are the fastest growing settlers in Australia.
According to the statistics released by the 2006 Census, New South Wales has the largest foreign-born population in the country. Nationalities concentrating on the state were Lebanese, Iraqi, South Korean, Fijian and Chinese.
Victoria is the second prospect for immigrants. It is the comes second to the states with the largest overseas-born population. Sri Lankans, Turkish, Greeks, and Italians are more likely to settle in this state.
Western Australia has more than 500,00 00004000 0 overseas born settlers. Singaporeans find the region attractive. And also, the state is second when it comes to British settlers, after New South Wales.
Queensland is also a prospect haven for settlers with almost 700,000 foreign settlers. Most immigrants are from Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
Trivia: One of the biggest changes in Australian immigration was in 1973 when the British Colony restricted immigration to Westerners. This was called the White Australia Policy. The result is six out of ten immigrants are from Asia, outnumbering immigrants from Europe.
