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Temporary Entrants in Australia Data

Total Temporary Entrants Present in Australia: Country of Birth by Quarterly Report Date 2007-08
Arrived less than ten years before reference quarter

Oceania & Antarctica

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Fiji 3 414 3 690 5 465 3 826 3 838
French Polynesia 167 125 286 183 180
Kiribati 123 124 117 113 124
Nauru 126 217 109 109 156
New Caledonia 611 695 1 307 962 655
New Zealand 141 138 203 159 141
Papua New Guinea 2 983 2 951 3 334 3 181 3 354
Samoa 621 738 909 622 880
Samoa, American 43 27 50 35 54
Solomon Islands 431 385 443 388 404
Tonga 914 845 1 076 813 1 418
Tuvalu 70 68 56 60 58
Vanuatu 204 258 273 239 251
Other 2 403 2 495 2 821 2 930 2 766
Oceania & Antarctica Total 12 251 12 756 16 449 13 620 14 279

Europe

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Albania 197 205 227 278 241
Austria 1 388 1 757 2 566 1 936 1 511
Belgium 1 444 1 627 2 280 1 980 1 595
Bosnia and Herzegovina 179 208 387 253 202
Bulgaria 222 249 362 315 239
Croatia 159 150 314 233 169
Cyprus 226 221 553 238 188
Czech Republic 341 411 718 561 415
Denmark 1 914 2 721 4 472 3 357 2 110
Estonia 273 326 541 477 397
Finland 1 137 1 300 2 308 1 677 1 077
Former Czechoslovakia, nfd 2 052 2 320 2 545 2 494 1 982
Former Serbia and Montenegro 906 853 1 491 988 796
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 436 455 733 619 490
France 11 352 10 910 15 685 14 611 13 594
Germany 18 774 24 914 31 855 27 348 20 650
Greece 992 976 2 094 1 204 910
Hungary 1 022 1 098 1 533 1 316 1 158
Iceland 87 90 120 154 127
Ireland 14 997 14 211 22 145 18 922 18 024
Italy 5 812 6 275 10 886 6 791 6 085
Latvia 140 162 276 175 125
Lithuania 142 138 175 203 167
Malta 299 350 954 428 324
Moldova 33 36 52 49 51
Netherlands 5 687 7 260 11 272 8 350 6 590
Norway 1 968 2 808 3 333 3 316 1 958
Poland 2 876 3 086 4 341 3 625 3 019
Portugal 587 680 891 798 664
Romania 800 886 1 283 964 813
Russian Federation 669 749 1 073 821 844
Serbia 163 167 563 344 247
Slovakia 236 263 465 305 304
Slovenia 159 205 436 255 214
Spain 1 744 2 014 2 147 2 164 2 081
Sweden 3 439 4 561 9 576 6 624 3 644
Switzerland 3 436 4 801 8 428 5 773 3 213
Ukraine 336 359 449 404 355
United Kingdom 73 595 82 482 145 338 118 728 80 345
Other 164 190 314 226 160
Europe Total 160 383 182 474 295 181 239 304 177 078

North Africa & the Middle East

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Algeria 118 141 184 156 110
Bahrain 277 306 221 338 301
Egypt 1 635 1 821 2 045 2 094 2 266
Iran 3 558 3 903 3 961 4 394 3 913
Iraq 739 678 842 728 781
Israel 2 564 2 596 3 252 2 889 2 539
Jordan 614 602 662 680 687
Kuwait 593 499 391 552 618
Lebanon 2 532 2 635 3 509 3 299 2 939
Libya 231 268 299 330 363
Morocco 172 162 244 193 166
Oman 696 642 265 691 709
Qatar 143 149 77 163 164
Saudi Arabia 3 416 4 300 2 669 6 134 6 667
Sudan 108 95 128 128 140
Syria 256 271 407 353 324
Tunisia 50 52 77 61 59
Turkey 1 730 1 799 2 267 2 174 2 029
United Arab Emirates 1 430 1 154 764 1 567 1 856
Other 113 130 177 156 136
North Africa & the Middle East Total 20 975 22 203 22 441 27 080 26 767

South East Asia

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Brunei Darussalam 717 845 425 941 813
Burma (Myanmar) 907 1 080 1 049 1 183 1 165
Cambodia 902 975 1 099 1 218 1 031
East Timor 326 362 299 345 366
Indonesia 18 719 19 268 17 769 19 702 20 231
Laos 469 487 427 528 574
Malaysia 24 060 27 877 19 331 30 354 28 008
Philippines 16 626 17 578 17 187 20 004 21 859
Singapore 9 794 12 061 6 627 12 414 10 040
Thailand 15 157 16 738 14 294 17 779 17 482
Vietnam 11 214 12 852 13 464 16 566 17 232
South-East Asia, nfd 1        
South East Asia Total 98 892 110 123 91 971 121 034 118 801

North East Asia

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 84 532 102 150 81 907 112 923 105 479
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 15 690 16 927 10 574 17 386 15 920
Japan 29 795 30 013 34 327 30 137 26 685
Korea 54 299 54 513 51 866 54 616 57 574
Macau (SAR of China) 629 740 386 776 659
Mongolia 282 301 279 351 363
Taiwan 8 991 10 545 8 587 10 447 12 085
North East Asia Total 194 218 215 189 187 926 226 636 218 765

Southern Asia

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Bangladesh 7 493 7 777 7 327 7 817 7 669
Bhutan 183 197 161 200 215
India 65 378 73 036 75 831 87 676 97 724
Maldives 199 221 128 273 264
Nepal 5 369 7 538 8 868 11 170 12 532
Pakistan 5 077 5 621 5 246 6 044 6 461
Sri Lanka 8 994 9 740 10 559 11 543 11 345
SouthernAsia Total 92 693 104 130 108 120 124 723 136 210

Central Asia

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Afghanistan 311 248 287 273 319
Kazakhstan 131 159 217 190 183
Uzbekistan 53 58 72 66 78
Other 133 131 157 166 142
Central Asia Total 628 596 733 695 722

Nothern America

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Canada 11 508 13 242 16 541 17 807 13 171
United States of America 32 113 27 826 32 404 33 277 30 179
Other 24 28 43 50 31
Nothern America Total 43 645 41 096 48 988 51 134 43 381

South America, Central America & the Caribbean

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Argentina 666 757 1 074 870 729
Bolivia 59 59 88 72 70
Brazil 8 456 9 127 10 433 10 779 11 233
Chile 1 352 1 581 1 945 1 883 1 908
Colombia 3 312 3 827 4 117 4 485 4 856
Costa Rica 57 60 69 79 76
Cuba 70 70 75 78 66
Ecuador 122 147 150 193 167
El Salvador 86 105 132 110 105
Guatemala 46 45 57 50 68
Jamaica 87 87 110 86 98
Mexico 1 312 1 411 1 394 1 570 1 400
Panama 50 48 68 56 56
Peru 1 065 1 217 1 359 1 548 1 675
Trinidad and Tobago 122 133 165 133 134
Uruguay 139 165 216 159 143
Venezuela 365 460 605 570 543
Other 366 406 513 452 416
South America, Central America & the Caribbean Total 17 732 19 705 22 570 23 173 23 743

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Angola 41 40 55 51 50
Botswana 553 574 399 595 571
Cameroon 53 59 47 53 58
Congo 45 45 42 55 52
Congo, Democratic Republic of 89 94 182 117 107
Ethiopia 174 185 207 204 197
Ghana 343 354 382 387 385
Kenya 1 847 2 027 1 930 2 296 2 156
Malawi 169 165 169 176 174
Mauritius 2 597 3 097 3 372 4 029 4 407
Mozambique 137 132 122 151 147
Namibia 133 145 189 173 181
Nigeria 666 665 675 759 782
Réunion 124 84 168 113 123
Seychelles 235 252 306 263 249
Somalia 56 53 53 60 72
South Africa 13 630 13 782 19 703 16 834 16 978
Tanzania 270 301 272 340 310
Uganda 225 233 221 226 208
Zambia 1 065 1 128 1 108 1 260 1 244
Zimbabwe 4 205 4 685 5 081 5 452 5 538
Other 390 384 432 385 393
Sub-Saharan Africa Total 27 047 28 484 35 115 33 979 34 382

Other

Country of Birth Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
Not stated 16 860 16 456 14 508 15 125 13 382
Supplementary Country Codes
Former USSR, nfd 1 968 2 079 3 429 2 580 2 118

Grand Total




Grand Total
Report Date
30/06/07 30/09/07 31/12/07 31/03/08 30/06/08
687 292 755 291 847 431 879 083 809 628

 

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