The net overseas migration from South Africa to Australia in financial year 2022 was over 4.5 thousand people. Several thousand people have migrated from South Africa to Australia each year since 2005. In financial year 2009, it is estimated that almost 13 thousand South Africans migrated to Australia.
Net overseas migration from South Africa to Australia from financial year 2005 to 2022
Characteristic
Number of people
2021-22*
4,520
2020-21
2,560
2019-20
6,380
2018-19
5,990
2017-18
4,680
2016-17
5,580
2015-16
4,080
2014-15
3,460
2013-14
3,710
2012-13
5,520
2011-12
6,950
2010-11
6,280
2009-10
5,820
02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000
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Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2022 starts on July 1, 2021 and ends on June 30, 2022
Supplementary notes
Net Overseas Migration (NOM) is the net gain or loss of population through migration to Australia and emigration from Australia.
Figures have been rounded.
*Estimates are preliminary.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (December 16, 2022). Net overseas migration from South Africa to Australia from financial year 2005 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1003190/australia-net-overseas-migration-from-south-africa/
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