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 Egypt live

Clear ↺

Arrived 2016–21

4,566

suburbs they live in

136

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

2.3 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

0.6% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
North Kellyville	Rouse Hill - McGraths Hill	New South Wales	117	2.6%	21.9×	212	+9,035	12	1.5 km	73
Indooroopilly	Sherwood - Indooroopilly	Queensland	65	1.4%	8.9×	77	+1,601	19	1.1 km	60
Doncaster East - South	Manningham - West	Victoria	59	1.3%	8.6×	136	+884	14	0.5 km	58
Wentworth Point - Sydney Olympic Park	Auburn	New South Wales	57	1.2%	3.8×	119	+7,117	29	2.2 km	72
Punchbowl	Canterbury	New South Wales	55	1.2%	9.5×	241	+168	30	0.4 km	51
Holsworthy - Wattle Grove	Liverpool	New South Wales	51	1.1%	24.2×	466	-323	27	1.3 km	38
Schofields - East	Blacktown - North	New South Wales	50	1.1%	3.5×	117	+19,334	18	1.0 km	81
Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills	Rouse Hill - McGraths Hill	New South Wales	48	1.1%	12.6×	158	+1,065	16	1.3 km	61
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds	Blacktown - North	New South Wales	44	1.0%	9.0×	163	+432	21	2.8 km	50
Bankstown - South	Bankstown	New South Wales	41	0.9%	5.5×	234	+1,310	35	0.7 km	63
Chipping Norton - Moorebank	Liverpool	New South Wales	41	0.9%	20.3×	259	+1,208	30	3.7 km	62
Bankstown - North	Bankstown	New South Wales	40	0.9%	5.5×	190	+900	37	0.1 km	61
Gledswood Hills - Gregory Hills	Bringelly - Green Valley	New South Wales	37	0.8%	17.8×	117	+9,055	16	1.0 km	73
Baulkham Hills - East	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	35	0.8%	5.7×	109	+311	31	3.4 km	55
Mawson Lakes - Globe Derby Park	Salisbury	South Australia	33	0.7%	5.5×	54	+775	11	2.4 km	61
Ryde - South	Ryde - Hunters Hill	New South Wales	32	0.7%	4.7×	60	+2,298	23	3.0 km	59
Liverpool - East	Liverpool	New South Wales	31	0.7%	2.9×	122	+3,683	23	1.7 km	66
Caroline Springs	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	29	0.6%	6.0×	184	-398	18	3.1 km	34
Lakemba	Canterbury	New South Wales	28	0.6%	2.9×	120	-444	32	0.4 km	36
Gosford - Springfield	Gosford	New South Wales	27	0.6%	6.8×	57	+2,199	4	2.8 km	69
Castle Hill - South	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	27	0.6%	8.0×	54	+427	26	5.4 km	57
Taylors Hill	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	27	0.6%	11.6×	212	-626	15	2.6 km	34
Kellyville - West	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	26	0.6%	6.8×	87	+4,404	24	2.3 km	72
Yagoona - Birrong	Bankstown	New South Wales	26	0.6%	6.1×	130	+924	43	1.7 km	57
North Parramatta	Parramatta	New South Wales	26	0.6%	1.8×	82	-578	34	1.0 km	40
Castle Hill - Central	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	25	0.5%	12.3×	49	+385	26	5.4 km	60
Greenacre - North	Bankstown	New South Wales	25	0.5%	13.6×	153	+471	37	1.3 km	52
Warradale	Marion	South Australia	25	0.5%	5.5×	40	+1,590	3	2.5 km	63
Casula	Liverpool	New South Wales	24	0.5%	8.7×	189	+193	19	2.1 km	52
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	24	0.5%	3.7×	81	+20,910	8	0.8 km	82
Fraser Rise - Plumpton	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	24	0.5%	10.2×	96	+12,674	8	3.1 km	80
Revesby	Bankstown	New South Wales	23	0.5%	8.2×	290	+911	31	1.2 km	55
Greenvale - Bulla	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	23	0.5%	9.8×	188	+5,341	9	5.4 km	73
Mount Druitt - Whalan	Mount Druitt	New South Wales	22	0.5%	2.9×	187	+469	19	0.8 km	55
Rhodes	Canada Bay	New South Wales	22	0.5%	2.1×	64	+219	26	3.1 km	52
Doncaster East - North	Manningham - West	Victoria	22	0.5%	5.0×	124	+354	11	2.0 km	55
Point Cook - South	Wyndham	Victoria	22	0.5%	1.9×	62	+1,443	17	1.7 km	64
Wollongong - West	Wollongong	New South Wales	21	0.5%	4.4×	32	+111	4	0.8 km	55
Greenacre - South	Bankstown	New South Wales	21	0.5%	11.7×	129	+136	35	1.2 km	47
Edmondson Park	Liverpool	New South Wales	21	0.5%	6.7×	118	+9,031	15	0.9 km	75

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.