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 Iraq live

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Arrived 2016–21

28,055

suburbs they live in

192

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

2.2 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

0.1% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Fairfield - West	Fairfield	New South Wales	2,134	7.6%	25.7×	4,695	+782	36	2.1 km	53
Fairfield	Fairfield	New South Wales	1,788	6.4%	21.4×	4,174	-53	42	0.4 km	37
Smithfield - Wetherill Park	Fairfield	New South Wales	1,369	4.9%	26.0×	3,533	+467	37	2.3 km	52
Bossley Park - Abbotsbury	Fairfield	New South Wales	1,335	4.8%	32.3×	3,858	-266	26	0.5 km	31
Craigieburn - West	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	877	3.1%	15.7×	1,542	+2,855	4	3.7 km	63
Craigieburn - South	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	847	3.0%	14.5×	2,339	+3,329	7	1.7 km	68
Liverpool - West	Liverpool	New South Wales	781	2.8%	23.9×	2,118	+846	24	0.7 km	55
Roxburgh Park - North	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	678	2.4%	20.4×	3,236	+725	11	1.5 km	54
Craigieburn - North West	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	587	2.1%	13.9×	1,120	+2,818	3	4.9 km	62
Liverpool - East	Liverpool	New South Wales	562	2.0%	8.7×	1,406	+3,683	23	1.7 km	66
Edensor Park	Fairfield	New South Wales	552	2.0%	28.5×	1,844	-332	25	2.0 km	30
Armidale	Armidale	New South Wales	529	1.9%	14.1×	577	-14	2	0.4 km	39
Greenfield Park - Prairiewood	Fairfield	New South Wales	529	1.9%	25.1×	1,797	-113	27	2.4 km	30
Wagga Wagga - South	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	513	1.8%	20.0×	533	+934	5	0.7 km	61
Mickleham - Yuroke	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	442	1.6%	7.4×	1,302	+21,192	3	7.5 km	86
Bonnyrigg Heights - Bonnyrigg	Fairfield	New South Wales	413	1.5%	19.7×	1,422	+222	25	3.5 km	51
St Johns Park - Wakeley	Fairfield	New South Wales	400	1.4%	24.3×	1,227	-100	26	3.4 km	28
St Albans - North	Brimbank	Victoria	399	1.4%	6.4×	426	-929	24	0.8 km	39
Lurnea - Cartwright	Liverpool	New South Wales	394	1.4%	22.8×	1,272	+877	24	0.6 km	54
Canley Vale - Canley Heights	Fairfield	New South Wales	370	1.3%	8.9×	897	-57	32	1.0 km	34
Newtown (Qld)	Toowoomba	Queensland	369	1.3%	23.5×	393	+679	6	2.2 km	41
Caroline Springs	Melton - Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	356	1.3%	12.0×	406	-398	18	3.1 km	34
Craigieburn - North	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	341	1.2%	11.6×	765	-174	4	3.2 km	36
Hinchinbrook	Bringelly - Green Valley	New South Wales	312	1.1%	23.6×	1,508	-304	21	1.3 km	29
Toowoomba - Central	Toowoomba	Queensland	310	1.1%	16.0×	354	+174	6	1.2 km	37
Mount Druitt - Whalan	Mount Druitt	New South Wales	309	1.1%	6.6×	922	+469	19	0.8 km	55
Green Valley	Bringelly - Green Valley	New South Wales	290	1.0%	21.1×	1,136	-272	23	2.7 km	28
Meadow Heights	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	288	1.0%	10.8×	1,058	-953	15	4.6 km	38
Drayton - Harristown	Toowoomba	Queensland	278	1.0%	20.7×	319	+581	6	2.6 km	58
West Hoxton - Middleton Grange	Bringelly - Green Valley	New South Wales	277	1.0%	20.3×	1,662	+795	16	2.4 km	47
Deer Park	Brimbank	Victoria	274	1.0%	7.3×	316	-840	28	1.4 km	36
Campbellfield - Coolaroo	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	271	1.0%	9.4×	1,153	-757	18	2.1 km	36
Roxburgh Park (South) - Somerton	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	267	1.0%	12.8×	920	-432	14	2.9 km	34
Broadmeadows	Tullamarine - Broadmeadows	Victoria	232	0.8%	4.8×	580	-31	17	2.6 km	42
North Toowoomba - Harlaxton	Toowoomba	Queensland	225	0.8%	27.8×	258	+254	6	0.5 km	52
Wilsonton	Toowoomba	Queensland	225	0.8%	22.5×	276	+480	6	2.7 km	40
Darling Heights	Toowoomba	Queensland	216	0.8%	5.7×	331	+1,202	6	1.0 km	64
Cabramatta West - Mount Pritchard	Fairfield	New South Wales	215	0.8%	9.1×	584	+19	25	2.9 km	41
Coffs Harbour - South	Coffs Harbour	New South Wales	205	0.7%	13.7×	221	+124	3	1.1 km	51
Casula	Liverpool	New South Wales	205	0.7%	12.1×	854	+193	19	2.1 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.