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)
Characteristic
Number of people in thousands
Skill
1,176.1
Family
962.4
Humanitarian
283.6
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