India turns into Australia’s largest foreign-born group, overtakes England | World Information
2 min learnApr 30, 2026 02:31 PM IST
The Indian-born inhabitants is now Australia’s largest estimated foreign-born resident group for the primary time in years.
The brand new knowledge launched by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed the Indian individuals reached an estimated 971,020 as of June 2025, overtaking the English-born, who have been at 970,950.
The yr prior, English-born residents within the nation stood at 963,560, forward of the Indian-born residents at 916,330.
The current shift comes because the Indian-born noticed a surge in inhabitants since 2015, whereas the English witnessed a decline.
As per the historic inhabitants knowledge figures, since 1901, England has persistently remained Australia’s largest foreign-born group.
Estimated resident inhabitants
The ABS knowledge confirmed that an estimated inhabitants of 731,540 Chinese language-born migrants have been residing in Australia.
They have been recorded because the nation’s second-fastest-growing inhabitants group.
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The Kiwis have been fourth within the listing, comprising 2.3 per cent of the estimated resident inhabitants with 637,680.
The Philippines, Vietnam, South Africa, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, in descending order, have been the subsequent largest foreign-born populations.
Australia is house to eight.8 million foreign-born residents, making up 32 per cent of its whole Estimated Resident Inhabitants of 27.6 million.
“The median age of these born abroad has fluctuated over time, peaking at a median of 46 years in 2002 and reducing to 44 years in 2019,” the ABS mentioned in its launch on Wednesday.
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“In 2021, as a result of influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lower in youthful individuals (reminiscent of worldwide college students) migrating to Australia, the median age of the overseas-born inhabitants elevated to 45 years.”
The median age for the Australian-born inhabitants was 35, up from 33 within the yr 2005.
Australia ranks eighth globally for foreign-born residents. The USA has probably the most worldwide migrants, with 52.4 million foreign-born residents accounting for 15 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants.
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