The graph indicates the top 10 countries of birth for new arrivals into the City of Monash. The category ‘Other’ consists of all remaining countries of birth after the top 10.
A total of 1502 individuals settled in the City of Monash between July 2017 – June 2018. This is a decrease of 46% compared to the previous year when 2786 individuals settled in the City of Monash.
The top 5 Countries of Birth for people settling in the City of Monash was China 41% (618), India 21% (314), Sri Lanka 5% (71), Malaysia 4% (61) and Vietnam 3% (45).
Skilled Visa Migrants made up the highest number of arrivals within the City of Monash followed by Family Stream Migrants and arrivals on Humanitarian Visas.
The number of people arriving on a Skilled Visa has decreased by 47% from July 2016- June 2017 which was 2249 individuals to 1186 in July 2017- June 2018
The number of people arriving on a Family Stream Visa has decreased by 41% from July 2016-June 2017 which was 526 individuals to 309 in July 2017-June 2018.
The number of people arriving on a Humanitarian Visa has decreased by 36% from July 2016-June 2017 which was 11 individuals to 7 in July 2017-June 2018.
Within the City of Monash 7 individuals arrived on a Humanitarian Visa between July 2017- June 2018
The country of birth for all individuals arriving on a Humanitarian Visa was Iran 100% (7).
Within the City of Monash 7 individuals arrived on a Humanitarian Visa between July 2017- June 2018
The country of birth for all individuals arriving on a Humanitarian Visa was Iran 100% (7).
In the City of Monash 1186 individuals arrived on a Skilled Visa between July 2017 – June 2018
The top 5 countries of birth for individuals arriving on a Skilled Visa were China 38% (447) India 24% (290), Sri Lanka 5% (61) Malaysia 4% (46) and Australia 3% (35). Those born in Australia are the children of individuals on a Skilled Visa.
‘Other’ consists of 25 countries with <5 settlers.
Instances where there have been < 5 settlers have been counted as 1. For privacy reasons the accurate figure is not disclosed. ‘Other’ consists of 34 countries with < 5 settlers.
Source: Department of Social Services
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