Who has arrived, and where they live

People counted at their 2021 address who arrived in Australia between 2016 and 2021, by country of birth — from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2021 Census (Table G10), by the suburb they live in. This is observed settlement, not a forecast — but where a community already lives is the single best guide to where the next arrivals go.

Arrived 2016–21

1,210,855

Arrivals by country of birth

Country of birth	arrivals	Share	suburbs	Avg distance to a ACC church	No ACC church ≤10 km	%
India	233,078	19.2%	1,507	4.3 km	2,952	1.3%	Where they live →
Born elsewhere	215,130	17.8%	1,861	6.1 km	6,321	3.0%	Where they live →
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	135,927	11.2%	1,187	3.5 km	1,012	0.8%	Where they live →
Nepal	70,146	5.8%	770	4.0 km	987	1.5%	Where they live →
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man	65,622	5.4%	1,261	5.5 km	2,407	3.9%	Where they live →
Philippines	63,468	5.2%	1,446	6.0 km	4,167	6.9%	Where they live →
New Zealand	49,041	4.1%	1,179	4.4 km	1,435	3.1%	Where they live →
Vietnam	34,860	2.9%	660	3.5 km	393	1.2%	Where they live →
Malaysia	34,131	2.8%	669	3.2 km	1,064	3.4%	Where they live →
Pakistan	30,544	2.5%	626	2.6 km	270	1.0%	Where they live →
Iraq	28,055	2.3%	192	2.2 km	35	0.1%	Where they live →
South Africa	26,582	2.2%	797	5.1 km	870	3.8%	Where they live →
Sri Lanka	24,011	2.0%	548	3.1 km	201	0.9%	Where they live →
United States of America	20,124	1.7%	594	3.1 km	365	2.2%	Where they live →
Indonesia	17,645	1.5%	398	3.0 km	234	1.6%	Where they live →
Thailand	17,396	1.4%	501	3.5 km	309	2.3%	Where they live →
Korea, Republic of (South)	15,565	1.3%	356	2.4 km	36	0.3%	Where they live →
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	14,947	1.2%	372	2.4 km	17	0.1%	Where they live →
Iran	13,236	1.1%	392	2.1 km	—	0.0%	Where they live →
Afghanistan	13,055	1.1%	186	2.5 km	83	0.7%	Where they live →
Taiwan	11,669	1.0%	310	4.2 km	453	4.9%	Where they live →
Bangladesh	10,749	0.9%	275	2.3 km	101	1.1%	Where they live →
Ireland	9,331	0.8%	200	2.8 km	54	0.7%	Where they live →
Singapore	9,069	0.7%	290	2.2 km	11	0.2%	Where they live →
Japan	7,800	0.6%	226	2.3 km	10	0.2%	Where they live →
Canada	6,871	0.6%	211	2.8 km	60	1.5%	Where they live →
Italy	6,409	0.5%	196	3.2 km	54	1.2%	Where they live →
Fiji	5,878	0.5%	184	4.4 km	151	3.8%	Where they live →
Lebanon	5,029	0.4%	124	1.9 km	11	0.3%	Where they live →
Germany	4,881	0.4%	152	2.9 km	41	1.4%	Where they live →
Egypt	4,566	0.4%	136	2.3 km	15	0.6%	Where they live →
Netherlands	2,039	0.2%	43	5.6 km	33	4.4%	Where they live →
Poland	1,877	0.2%	47	2.9 km	—	0.0%	Where they live →
Greece	1,169	0.1%	22	1.7 km	—	0.0%	Where they live →
North Macedonia	805	0.1%	20	2.1 km	—	0.0%	Where they live →
Croatia	150	0.0%	0	—	—	—	Where they live →

Where people born in New Zealand live

Clear ↺

Arrived 2016–21

49,041

suburbs they live in

1,179

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

4.4 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

1,435

3.1% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Redbank Plains	Springfield - Redbank	Queensland	477	1.0%	9.5×	2,405	+4,918	13	0.6 km	68
Coomera	Ormeau - Oxenford	Queensland	321	0.7%	7.5×	2,006	+5,788	5	3.4 km	76
Springfield Lakes	Springfield - Redbank	Queensland	319	0.7%	4.9×	1,702	+7,257	12	2.9 km	76
Point Cook - East	Wyndham	Victoria	266	0.5%	2.5×	897	+3,502	13	1.5 km	61
Pimpama - South	Ormeau - Oxenford	Queensland	256	0.5%	10.2×	1,232	+3,737	5	2.9 km	69
Upper Coomera - North	Ormeau - Oxenford	Queensland	232	0.5%	9.2×	2,340	+1,285	4	1.4 km	63
Tarneit - Central	Wyndham	Victoria	231	0.5%	1.3×	979	+1,442	19	1.6 km	58
North Lakes	North Lakes	Queensland	230	0.5%	4.7×	1,641	+1,091	11	2.1 km	57
Marsden	Browns Plains	Queensland	214	0.4%	4.7×	1,553	+1,245	19	1.8 km	58
Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell	Wyndham	Victoria	208	0.4%	2.6×	448	+11,749	16	0.5 km	78
Murrumba Downs - Griffin	North Lakes	Queensland	208	0.4%	5.6×	1,360	+4,830	13	2.4 km	71
Southbank - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	192	0.4%	1.0×	437	+2,569	12	0.9 km	65
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge	Browns Plains	Queensland	188	0.4%	4.8×	1,441	+9,690	8	1.7 km	77
Eagleby	Beenleigh	Queensland	180	0.4%	9.0×	1,170	+271	7	0.6 km	51
Yarrabilba	Jimboomba	Queensland	178	0.4%	13.0×	812	+5,603	3	4.1 km	75
Mickleham - Yuroke	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	177	0.4%	1.7×	637	+21,192	3	7.5 km	86
Mango Hill	North Lakes	Queensland	176	0.4%	3.8×	996	+4,264	11	3.1 km	71
Pimpama - North	Ormeau - Oxenford	Queensland	169	0.3%	7.0×	977	+6,163	4	1.2 km	72
Point Cook - South	Wyndham	Victoria	165	0.3%	1.3×	667	+1,443	17	1.7 km	64
Baldivis - South	Rockingham	Western Australia	164	0.3%	5.7×	1,460	+4,359	3	4.3 km	74
Kallangur	North Lakes	Queensland	162	0.3%	7.6×	1,347	+1,403	7	1.4 km	64
Prahran - Windsor	Stonnington - West	Victoria	160	0.3%	2.5×	607	-315	12	3.9 km	41
Forest Lake - Ellen Grove	Forest Lake - Oxley	Queensland	159	0.3%	3.5×	1,405	+1,257	15	0.7 km	56
Richmond - North	Yarra	Victoria	156	0.3%	3.4×	415	+117	12	0.4 km	53
Melton South - Weir Views	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	148	0.3%	3.1×	545	+7,399	6	3.1 km	75
Pacific Pines - Gaven	Nerang	Queensland	147	0.3%	5.7×	1,794	+5	6	4.2 km	43
Crestmead	Browns Plains	Queensland	147	0.3%	8.0×	1,077	+430	21	3.5 km	48
Carlton	Melbourne City	Victoria	146	0.3%	0.8×	311	+2,729	16	0.9 km	62
Caloundra West - Baringa	Caloundra	Queensland	141	0.3%	4.7×	883	+9,829	4	2.9 km	82
Loganlea	Loganlea - Carbrook	Queensland	135	0.3%	3.5×	956	+1,202	18	1.5 km	59
Richmond (South) - Cremorne	Yarra	Victoria	134	0.3%	3.4×	512	+10	12	0.7 km	47
Tarneit - North	Wyndham	Victoria	134	0.3%	2.2×	297	+9,398	19	2.0 km	77
Baldivis - North	Rockingham	Western Australia	134	0.3%	7.9×	832	+5,184	3	0.8 km	76
Calamvale - Stretton	Rocklea - Acacia Ridge	Queensland	132	0.3%	1.7×	867	+1,874	25	2.7 km	61
Labrador	Gold Coast - North	Queensland	132	0.3%	3.5×	1,520	+288	7	2.3 km	62
Oxenford - Maudsland	Ormeau - Oxenford	Queensland	132	0.3%	8.5×	1,634	+2,057	4	3.4 km	66
Manly - Fairlight	Manly	New South Wales	131	0.3%	1.2×	668	+625	3	5.0 km	53
Southport - North	Southport	Queensland	129	0.3%	1.5×	1,068	+2,839	7	1.5 km	69
Surry Hills	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	128	0.3%	1.4×	537	-224	13	1.4 km	36
South Yarra - North	Stonnington - West	Victoria	128	0.3%	1.6×	353	+1,264	12	2.2 km	61

How to read this. Concentration is a location quotient: 3× means this group makes up three times the share of this suburb’s arrivals that it does across Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia(for the two “moved in” rows, the share of all residents). The figures are 2021 Census counts of people who arrived in the five years to 2021, so a single country’s count in one suburb can be small and noisy for a small country — treat small numbers as indicative. The data describes who had arrived by 2021, not who is arriving now, and it assumes the settlement patterns that produced it continue.