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 Japan live

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Arrived 2016–21

7,800

suburbs they live in

226

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

0.2% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Chatswood - East	Chatswood - Lane Cove	New South Wales	280	3.6%	12.6×	562	+898	8	1.7 km	57
East Perth	Perth City	Western Australia	170	2.2%	11.4×	257	+2,352	12	0.8 km	65
St Leonards - Naremburn	Chatswood - Lane Cove	New South Wales	149	1.9%	17.3×	339	+1,716	13	4.0 km	64
Sydney (South) - Haymarket	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	137	1.8%	3.1×	264	+1,934	16	0.7 km	63
Subiaco - Shenton Park	Perth City	Western Australia	107	1.4%	14.9×	184	+2,203	10	3.1 km	65
Brisbane City	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	101	1.3%	4.7×	168	+3,791	20	1.6 km	70
Lindfield - Roseville	Ku-ring-gai	New South Wales	94	1.2%	9.8×	256	+396	7	2.1 km	61
Melbourne CBD - North	Melbourne City	Victoria	90	1.2%	1.8×	140	+5,030	16	0.3 km	68
Melbourne CBD - West	Melbourne City	Victoria	84	1.1%	2.1×	143	+2,590	13	1.0 km	65
Perth (West) - Northbridge	Perth City	Western Australia	77	1.0%	4.2×	138	+3,817	12	1.3 km	69
Southport - South	Southport	Queensland	74	0.9%	7.1×	302	+1,116	6	2.7 km	64
Crows Nest - Waverton	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	73	0.9%	7.8×	238	+12	14	5.3 km	50
Southbank - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	72	0.9%	2.3×	117	+2,569	12	0.9 km	65
North Sydney - Lavender Bay	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	65	0.8%	6.6×	157	+1,044	16	4.5 km	60
Sydney (North) - Millers Point	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	64	0.8%	6.4×	123	+55	17	1.9 km	45
Southport - North	Southport	Queensland	63	0.8%	4.7×	287	+2,839	7	1.5 km	69
South Brisbane	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	62	0.8%	2.8×	127	+4,871	23	0.5 km	71
Southbank (West) - South Wharf	Melbourne City	Victoria	59	0.8%	5.8×	100	+86	13	0.6 km	50
New Farm	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	55	0.7%	9.8×	72	+294	21	2.9 km	53
Carlton	Melbourne City	Victoria	51	0.7%	1.7×	108	+2,729	16	0.9 km	62
Caulfield - South	Glen Eira	Victoria	51	0.7%	8.2×	114	+113	12	2.5 km	52
Newstead - Bowen Hills	Brisbane Inner - North	Queensland	51	0.7%	4.2×	111	+4,566	19	1.3 km	68
Tarragindi	Nathan	Queensland	51	0.7%	46.9×	131	+500	20	2.5 km	50
Gatton	Toowoomba	Queensland	51	0.7%	7.2×	58	+780	1	1.2 km	61
Docklands	Melbourne City	Victoria	50	0.6%	1.6×	104	+2,038	13	1.6 km	65
Surfers Paradise - South	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	49	0.6%	3.6×	161	+2,843	7	0.6 km	68
Pyrmont	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	48	0.6%	3.8×	143	+37	17	1.2 km	48
Spring Hill	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	47	0.6%	4.2×	71	+1,897	19	1.7 km	61
Indooroopilly	Sherwood - Indooroopilly	Queensland	47	0.6%	3.8×	125	+1,601	19	1.1 km	60
Bentleigh - McKinnon	Glen Eira	Victoria	44	0.6%	4.1×	146	+1,575	11	0.8 km	61
South Yarra - North	Stonnington - West	Victoria	43	0.6%	3.4×	79	+1,264	12	2.2 km	61
Adelaide	Adelaide City	South Australia	42	0.5%	1.2×	89	+3,638	9	0.7 km	69
Surry Hills	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	40	0.5%	2.8×	114	-224	13	1.4 km	36
Gordon - Killara	Ku-ring-gai	New South Wales	39	0.5%	3.1×	192	+725	8	3.7 km	64
Brighton (Vic.)	Bayside	Victoria	38	0.5%	5.6×	79	-417	5	3.1 km	39
Ultimo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	37	0.5%	2.4×	95	+1,127	16	0.1 km	57
Neutral Bay - Kirribilli	North Sydney - Mosman	New South Wales	37	0.5%	4.1×	162	-277	12	4.9 km	36
Cairns City	Cairns - South	Queensland	37	0.5%	4.2×	201	+566	7	1.2 km	58
St Lucia	Sherwood - Indooroopilly	Queensland	37	0.5%	2.5×	71	+1,341	22	2.4 km	52
Mermaid Beach - Broadbeach	Broadbeach - Burleigh	Queensland	37	0.5%	5.4×	137	+2,159	7	3.8 km	70

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.