According to the 2021 Australian census, there were around 1.7 million skilled migrant via holders in Australia in that year. Humanitarian visa entrants represented the third largest permanent migrant group at just under 300,000 people.
Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream
(in 1,000s people)
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (February 3, 2023). Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream (in 1,000s people)." Chart. February 3, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2023). Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream (in 1,000s people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Permanent Migrants Australia in 2021, by Visa Stream (in 1,000s People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2021, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, February 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
