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- 29.8% of Australia’s population is comprised of migrants, that equates to over 7.6 million people here in the Land Down Under.
- In 2019-2020, Australia’s population increased by 194,400 people due to overseas migration.
- People born in England are still the largest population of immigrants to Australia, and overall account for 3.8% of Australia’s population.
- 95,843 places were delivered in the Skill stream;
- 41,961 places were delivered in the Family stream; and
- 81 places were delivered in the Special Eligibility stream.
- The outcome of Child stream for the year was 2,481 places
- 69.5% of the 140,000 visas granted were skilled visas.
- Of these Skill stream visas, 24.4% of them were in the Regional category which included the new Subclass 494 and 491 visas.
- 4.3% of these were from the Global Talent Visa. The highest growth sectors we see with this visa are; Quantum Information, Advanced Digital, Data Science and ICT, MedTech and Energy and Mining Technology.
- As expected, Partner Visas made up a huge portion of the Family stream with 37,118 visas granted in the 2019/2020 year.
- Lodgements in the Family Stream were down 13.3% on the previous year. It will be interesting to see if these increase for 2020/2021 considering our borders are still closed from COVID-19.
We know that the pandemic and closing of Australian borders has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works when it comes to migrating to Australia. This doesn’t mean that there is no hope though, with visas still being granted and migration pathways still possible. If you have been thinking about applying for a visa and want to know what your chances look like, book a consultation with one of our migration agents and we will assess and advise you on your unique situation!
