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 United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man live

Clear ↺

Arrived 2016–21

65,622

suburbs they live in

1,261

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

5.5 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

2,407

3.9% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Bondi Beach - North Bondi	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	840	1.3%	5.6×	2,196	-330	7	6.1 km	38
Manly - Fairlight	Manly	New South Wales	809	1.2%	5.6×	2,992	+625	3	5.0 km	53
Coogee - Clovelly	Eastern Suburbs - South	New South Wales	684	1.0%	5.9×	2,158	-365	10	2.9 km	34
Bondi - Tamarama - Bronte	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	652	1.0%	5.3×	1,873	+328	7	4.6 km	53
Bondi Junction - Waverly	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	610	0.9%	4.9×	1,765	+569	10	4.0 km	57
Waterloo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	444	0.7%	2.5×	1,091	+1,560	13	0.8 km	63
Zetland	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	429	0.7%	2.2×	805	+1,999	12	1.0 km	61
Randwick - South	Eastern Suburbs - South	New South Wales	409	0.6%	4.4×	1,215	+56	10	1.7 km	45
Surry Hills	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	391	0.6%	3.3×	1,210	-224	13	1.4 km	36
Mindarie - Quinns Rocks - Jindalee	Wanneroo	Western Australia	375	0.6%	8.2×	5,834	+3,222	3	1.6 km	70
Randwick - North	Eastern Suburbs - South	New South Wales	355	0.5%	5.0×	1,381	-614	10	2.5 km	34
Erskineville - Alexandria	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	334	0.5%	3.6×	1,492	+2,045	19	0.8 km	63
Prahran - Windsor	Stonnington - West	Victoria	312	0.5%	3.7×	1,075	-315	12	3.9 km	41
Freshwater - Brookvale	Warringah	New South Wales	294	0.4%	4.0×	2,185	+710	4	2.5 km	54
Alkimos - Eglinton	Wanneroo	Western Australia	286	0.4%	6.9×	2,952	+7,618	3	2.6 km	82
Potts Point - Woolloomooloo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	273	0.4%	2.9×	1,256	-2,361	13	2.5 km	33
St Kilda - Central	Port Phillip	Victoria	262	0.4%	3.3×	783	-35	11	4.7 km	40
South Yarra - North	Stonnington - West	Victoria	245	0.4%	2.3×	610	+1,264	12	2.2 km	61
Paddington - Moore Park	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	243	0.4%	4.9×	1,284	-376	12	2.9 km	36
St Kilda - West	Port Phillip	Victoria	241	0.4%	2.6×	898	+177	11	4.0 km	54
Rosebery - Beaconsfield	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	239	0.4%	2.4×	656	+2,154	13	1.4 km	61
Richmond (South) - Cremorne	Yarra	Victoria	239	0.4%	4.5×	938	+10	12	0.7 km	47
Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour	Rockingham	Western Australia	222	0.3%	8.7×	3,961	+3,781	2	3.8 km	70
Glebe - Forest Lodge	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	219	0.3%	2.0×	1,175	+235	19	0.6 km	51
Bellevue Hill	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	219	0.3%	4.6×	939	-269	10	5.3 km	36
Neutral Bay - Kirribilli	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	218	0.3%	2.8×	1,344	-277	12	4.9 km	36
Balgowlah - Clontarf - Seaforth	Manly	New South Wales	217	0.3%	5.2×	2,353	-267	3	5.4 km	39
South Brisbane	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	205	0.3%	1.1×	599	+4,871	23	0.5 km	71
Mascot	Botany	New South Wales	203	0.3%	0.8×	571	+3,582	18	0.4 km	62
Newstead - Bowen Hills	Brisbane Inner - North	Queensland	200	0.3%	2.0×	979	+4,566	19	1.3 km	68
Elwood	Port Phillip	Victoria	198	0.3%	4.2×	931	-322	10	5.8 km	39
Mosman - South	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	196	0.3%	4.4×	1,508	-531	9	6.4 km	35
Brighton (Vic.)	Bayside	Victoria	194	0.3%	3.4×	1,458	-417	5	3.1 km	39
Scarborough	Stirling	Western Australia	192	0.3%	3.3×	1,638	+2,807	9	4.9 km	65
Cremorne - Cammeray	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	190	0.3%	2.8×	1,505	-114	11	5.4 km	37
Albert Park	Port Phillip	Victoria	187	0.3%	2.4×	894	+13	9	1.9 km	45
Fitzroy	Yarra	Victoria	180	0.3%	4.7×	564	+511	14	1.9 km	56
Balmain	Leichhardt	New South Wales	179	0.3%	5.3×	1,665	-425	19	2.9 km	28
North Sydney - Lavender Bay	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	179	0.3%	2.2×	832	+1,044	16	4.5 km	60
Mosman - North	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	178	0.3%	3.3×	1,277	-205	7	5.8 km	35

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.