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 Born elsewhere live

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Arrived 2016–21

215,130

suburbs they live in

1,861

where the group is large enough to count

Average distance to a ACC church

6.1 km

Living with no ACC church within 10 km

6,321

3.0% of the group

suburb	SA3 corridor	State	People	Share of group	Concentration	Community total	suburb growth 5 yr	Churches ≤10 km	Nearest	Plant score
Wembley - West Leederville - Glendalough	Perth City	Western Australia	1,422	0.7%	3.3×	2,374	+2,194	10	2.5 km	61
Southbank - East	Melbourne City	Victoria	1,361	0.6%	1.6×	2,091	+2,569	12	0.9 km	65
Mascot	Botany	New South Wales	1,355	0.6%	1.5×	2,704	+3,582	18	0.4 km	62
Fairfield	Fairfield	New South Wales	1,322	0.6%	2.1×	3,439	-53	42	0.4 km	37
Wolli Creek	Kogarah - Rockdale	New South Wales	1,274	0.6%	2.1×	1,873	+2,964	26	3.0 km	65
Fairfield - West	Fairfield	New South Wales	1,093	0.5%	1.7×	3,341	+782	36	2.1 km	53
Surfers Paradise - South	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	1,086	0.5%	2.9×	1,758	+2,843	7	0.6 km	68
Bondi Beach - North Bondi	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	1,078	0.5%	2.2×	2,583	-330	7	6.1 km	38
Balga - Mirrabooka	Stirling	Western Australia	979	0.5%	2.5×	3,711	+2,124	14	1.6 km	65
Arncliffe - Bardwell Valley	Kogarah - Rockdale	New South Wales	945	0.4%	2.9×	1,940	+1,242	27	3.8 km	64
Melbourne CBD - West	Melbourne City	Victoria	913	0.4%	0.8×	1,336	+2,590	13	1.0 km	65
Waterloo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	898	0.4%	1.6×	2,161	+1,560	13	0.8 km	63
Bondi - Tamarama - Bronte	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	889	0.4%	2.2×	2,407	+328	7	4.6 km	53
Sydney (South) - Haymarket	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	868	0.4%	0.7×	1,356	+1,934	16	0.7 km	63
Manly - Fairlight	Manly	New South Wales	863	0.4%	1.8×	1,997	+625	3	5.0 km	53
Docklands	Melbourne City	Victoria	850	0.4%	1.0×	1,480	+2,038	13	1.6 km	65
Wentworth Point - Sydney Olympic Park	Auburn	New South Wales	840	0.4%	1.2×	1,708	+7,117	29	2.2 km	72
Bentley - Wilson - St James	Canning	Western Australia	838	0.4%	1.4×	1,970	+2,924	14	2.9 km	68
Bondi Junction - Waverly	Eastern Suburbs - North	New South Wales	819	0.4%	2.0×	2,215	+569	10	4.0 km	57
Brisbane City	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	789	0.4%	1.3×	1,285	+3,791	20	1.6 km	70
Dee Why - North	Warringah	New South Wales	779	0.4%	1.8×	2,203	+1,087	5	0.3 km	57
Melbourne CBD - North	Melbourne City	Victoria	736	0.3%	0.5×	1,030	+5,030	16	0.3 km	68
Noble Park - West	Dandenong	Victoria	736	0.3%	1.4×	3,798	-15	26	0.5 km	38
Inala - Richlands	Forest Lake - Oxley	Queensland	733	0.3%	2.5×	2,624	+1,309	15	1.1 km	60
Fortitude Valley	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	713	0.3%	2.4×	1,161	+2,482	18	1.8 km	66
Liverpool - East	Liverpool	New South Wales	702	0.3%	1.4×	2,760	+3,683	23	1.7 km	66
Surfers Paradise - North	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	700	0.3%	2.4×	1,316	+2,272	6	1.1 km	67
Spring Hill	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	694	0.3%	2.2×	998	+1,897	19	1.7 km	61
Newstead - Bowen Hills	Brisbane Inner - North	Queensland	684	0.3%	2.0×	1,452	+4,566	19	1.3 km	68
Nollamara - Westminster	Stirling	Western Australia	684	0.3%	1.7×	2,408	+2,880	15	1.3 km	68
Zetland	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	680	0.3%	1.1×	1,316	+1,999	12	1.0 km	61
Pyrmont	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	674	0.3%	1.9×	1,443	+37	17	1.2 km	48
Perth (West) - Northbridge	Perth City	Western Australia	672	0.3%	1.3×	1,296	+3,817	12	1.3 km	69
Smithfield - Wetherill Park	Fairfield	New South Wales	653	0.3%	1.6×	2,812	+467	37	2.3 km	52
Potts Point - Woolloomooloo	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	640	0.3%	2.1×	1,781	-2,361	13	2.5 km	33
Salisbury	Salisbury	South Australia	631	0.3%	2.2×	2,295	+478	9	1.5 km	56
Rockdale - Banksia	Kogarah - Rockdale	New South Wales	596	0.3%	1.0×	1,809	+1,592	27	4.4 km	66
South Brisbane	Brisbane Inner	Queensland	579	0.3%	0.9×	1,093	+4,871	23	0.5 km	71
East Perth	Perth City	Western Australia	579	0.3%	1.4×	1,258	+2,352	12	0.8 km	65
Surry Hills	Sydney Inner City	New South Wales	567	0.3%	1.4×	1,409	-224	13	1.4 km	36

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.