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 Thailand live

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Arrived 2016–21

17,396

suburbs they live in

501

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

3.5 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

309

2.3% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Sydney (South) - Haymarket	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	1,344	7.7%	13.6×	3,334	+1,934	16	0.7 km	63
Melbourne CBD - West	Melbourne City	Victoria	431	2.5%	4.8×	635	+2,590	13	1.0 km	65
Melbourne CBD - North	Melbourne City	Victoria	336	1.9%	3.0×	485	+5,030	16	0.3 km	68
Ultimo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	195	1.1%	5.8×	529	+1,127	16	0.1 km	57
Werribee - East	Wyndham	Victoria	166	1.0%	8.0×	423	-1,450	18	1.2 km	37
Brisbane City	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	164	0.9%	3.4×	237	+3,791	20	1.6 km	70
Surry Hills	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	146	0.8%	4.6×	469	-224	13	1.4 km	36
Melbourne CBD - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	127	0.7%	3.0×	217	+1,063	16	0.9 km	58
Corio - Lovely Banks	Geelong	Victoria	118	0.7%	8.9×	349	-108	1	1.2 km	46
Springvale	Dandenong	Victoria	117	0.7%	2.3×	477	+249	26	2.4 km	58
Docklands	Melbourne City	Victoria	106	0.6%	1.6×	189	+2,038	13	1.6 km	65
Chippendale	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	100	0.6%	2.8×	233	+448	17	0.7 km	49
Laverton	Wyndham	Victoria	92	0.5%	3.1×	190	+1,173	20	1.3 km	58
Pyrmont	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	91	0.5%	3.3×	318	+37	17	1.2 km	48
Bendigo	Bendigo	Victoria	87	0.5%	11.3×	161	-650	3	0.5 km	37
Carlton	Melbourne City	Victoria	84	0.5%	1.2×	160	+2,729	16	0.9 km	62
Mascot	Botany	New South Wales	83	0.5%	1.2×	374	+3,582	18	0.4 km	62
Perth (West) - Northbridge	Perth City	Western Australia	82	0.5%	2.0×	157	+3,817	12	1.3 km	69
Cabramatta - Lansvale	Fairfield	New South Wales	81	0.5%	2.6×	446	-879	32	0.5 km	36
Wyndham Vale - South	Wyndham	Victoria	79	0.5%	5.9×	355	0	11	1.0 km	35
Werribee - South	Wyndham	Victoria	76	0.4%	3.5×	151	+2,844	16	2.3 km	64
Sydney (North) - Millers Point	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	75	0.4%	3.4×	191	+55	17	1.9 km	45
Logan Central	Springwood - Kingston	Queensland	75	0.4%	7.7×	156	+22	19	1.3 km	38
Southbank - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	65	0.4%	0.9×	149	+2,569	12	0.9 km	65
Fortitude Valley	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	65	0.4%	2.8×	169	+2,482	18	1.8 km	66
Wolli Creek	Kogarah - Rockdale	New South Wales	64	0.4%	1.3×	255	+2,964	26	3.0 km	65
Redfern	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	61	0.4%	2.9×	166	+340	13	1.2 km	54
Werribee - West	Wyndham	Victoria	60	0.3%	2.1×	257	+12,901	9	0.9 km	80
Lidcombe	Auburn	New South Wales	58	0.3%	1.2×	204	+2,565	47	0.7 km	66
South Brisbane	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	57	0.3%	1.1×	105	+4,871	23	0.5 km	71
Homebush	Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield	New South Wales	57	0.3%	0.8×	212	+3,049	38	2.7 km	67
Chatswood - East	Chatswood - Lane Cove	New South Wales	56	0.3%	1.1×	200	+898	8	1.7 km	57
Rockdale - Banksia	Kogarah - Rockdale	New South Wales	54	0.3%	1.2×	249	+1,592	27	4.4 km	66
Burwood (NSW)	Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield	New South Wales	54	0.3%	0.8×	208	+2,811	39	2.1 km	65
Artarmon	Chatswood - Lane Cove	New South Wales	54	0.3%	3.1×	151	-173	12	3.1 km	28
California Gully - Eaglehawk	Bendigo	Victoria	54	0.3%	18.9×	198	+817	3	4.1 km	64
Hoppers Crossing - South	Wyndham	Victoria	52	0.3%	2.2×	198	-1,307	18	0.8 km	36
Darlinghurst	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	48	0.3%	2.9×	226	-469	13	1.9 km	31
Ashfield - North	Strathfield - Burwood - Ashfield	New South Wales	48	0.3%	2.2×	226	-377	36	2.0 km	37
South Yarra - North	Stonnington - West	Victoria	48	0.3%	1.7×	90	+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.