Majority of Australian Migrants Settling in Sydney and Melbourne

Published on September 6, 2024

Research by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) shows that most migrants to Australia are settling in Melbourne and Sydney, with 57 percent establishing a base in these two cities. The think tank’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data also revealed that 83 percent of all new migrants settled in one of this nation’s capital cities. Data showed 29.3 percent of migrants settled in Sydney, 28.2 percent in Melbourne, 9.9 percent in Perth, and 9.4 percent in Brisbane. Meanwhile, 5.4 percent settled in Adelaide, 1.6 percent in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and 0.6 percent in Hobart and Darwin. Outside the capital cities, the research revealed that 6.3 percent made a home in regional Queensland, 4.3 percent in regional New South Wales, and 2.3 percent in the rest of Victoria....

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