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 Iran live

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Arrived 2016–21

13,236

suburbs they live in

392

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

2.1 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

—

0.0% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Doncaster	Manningham - West	Victoria	303	2.3%	10.3×	807	+3,655	12	2.5 km	67
Macquarie Park - Marsfield	Ryde - Hunters Hill	New South Wales	189	1.4%	3.7×	455	+4,063	15	2.0 km	70
Wentworth Point - Sydney Olympic Park	Auburn	New South Wales	184	1.4%	4.2×	446	+7,117	29	2.2 km	72
Doncaster East - South	Manningham - West	Victoria	151	1.1%	7.6×	512	+884	14	0.5 km	58
Doncaster East - North	Manningham - West	Victoria	134	1.0%	10.6×	465	+354	11	2.0 km	55
Ryde - South	Ryde - Hunters Hill	New South Wales	132	1.0%	6.7×	334	+2,298	23	3.0 km	59
Wahroonga (West) - Waitara	Hornsby	New South Wales	128	1.0%	6.0×	303	+891	5	1.6 km	56
Asquith - Mount Colah	Hornsby	New South Wales	106	0.8%	8.5×	418	+2,240	2	3.4 km	63
Ringwood	Maroondah	Victoria	100	0.8%	6.0×	258	+717	15	0.3 km	60
Clayton (North) - Notting Hill	Monash	Victoria	92	0.7%	2.5×	118	+2,344	21	1.7 km	63
Baulkham Hills - East	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	90	0.7%	5.1×	497	+311	31	3.4 km	55
Carlingford - West	Carlingford	New South Wales	89	0.7%	4.3×	406	+1,526	28	2.1 km	62
Dandenong - North	Dandenong	Victoria	85	0.6%	2.1×	289	-414	31	0.8 km	42
Ryde - North	Ryde - Hunters Hill	New South Wales	80	0.6%	4.5×	450	+223	19	2.7 km	54
Hornsby - East	Hornsby	New South Wales	74	0.6%	3.5×	264	+75	4	0.7 km	52
Gordon - Killara	Ku-ring-gai	New South Wales	73	0.6%	3.5×	323	+725	8	3.7 km	64
Northmead	Parramatta	New South Wales	72	0.5%	1.9×	366	-106	34	0.9 km	36
Carlton	Melbourne City	Victoria	72	0.5%	1.4×	98	+2,729	16	0.9 km	62
Southbank - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	72	0.5%	1.4×	194	+2,569	12	0.9 km	65
Merrylands - Holroyd	Merrylands - Guildford	New South Wales	71	0.5%	2.4×	385	+1,937	41	1.4 km	62
North Parramatta	Parramatta	New South Wales	70	0.5%	1.7×	510	-578	34	1.0 km	40
Enfield - Blair Athol	Port Adelaide - East	South Australia	69	0.5%	1.9×	257	+2,655	13	1.1 km	65
Adelaide	Adelaide City	South Australia	67	0.5%	1.2×	131	+3,638	9	0.7 km	69
Templestowe	Manningham - West	Victoria	66	0.5%	8.1×	440	-255	12	3.3 km	36
Rostrevor - Magill	Campbelltown (SA)	South Australia	66	0.5%	2.8×	190	+2,398	11	3.2 km	65
North Kellyville	Rouse Hill - McGraths Hill	New South Wales	65	0.5%	4.2×	353	+9,035	12	1.5 km	73
West Ryde - Meadowbank	Ryde - Hunters Hill	New South Wales	61	0.5%	2.4×	271	+1,022	20	2.4 km	56
Schofields - East	Blacktown - North	New South Wales	60	0.5%	1.5×	275	+19,334	18	1.0 km	81
Ermington - Rydalmere	Carlingford	New South Wales	60	0.5%	3.9×	399	+2,457	26	1.4 km	66
Docklands	Melbourne City	Victoria	60	0.5%	1.2×	148	+2,038	13	1.6 km	65
Hampton Park - East	Casey - South	Victoria	60	0.5%	4.8×	133	-116	28	1.1 km	32
Castle Hill - South	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	59	0.4%	6.0×	232	+427	26	5.4 km	57
Windsor Gardens	Port Adelaide - East	South Australia	56	0.4%	2.0×	139	+1,539	13	2.1 km	63
Epping (NSW) - West	Pennant Hills - Epping	New South Wales	55	0.4%	2.0×	152	+926	19	0.8 km	58
St Ives	Ku-ring-gai	New South Wales	53	0.4%	3.7×	394	+753	4	6.1 km	57
Templestowe Lower	Manningham - West	Victoria	52	0.4%	9.5×	338	+145	11	4.2 km	51
Belconnen	Belconnen	Australian Capital Territory	52	0.4%	2.5×	91	+1,174	8	1.8 km	61
Chatswood (West) - Lane Cove North	Chatswood - Lane Cove	New South Wales	51	0.4%	2.4×	287	+805	11	3.6 km	57
Balwyn North	Boroondara	Victoria	51	0.4%	2.8×	208	+341	13	1.2 km	54
Rhodes	Canada Bay	New South Wales	50	0.4%	1.6×	159	+219	26	3.1 km	52

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.