The graph indicates the top 10 countries of birth for new arrivals into the City of Whitehorse. The category ‘Other’ consists of all remaining countries of birth after the top 10.
A total of 1322 individuals settled in the City of Whitehorse between July 2017 – June 2018. This is a decrease of 44% compared to the previous year when 2340 individuals settled in the City of Whitehorse.
The top 5 Countries of Birth for people settling in the City of Whitehorse was China 45% (595), India 21% (275), Malaysia 4% (58), Sri Lanka 4% (49) and Philippines 3% (44).
Skilled Visa Migrants made up the highest number of arrivals within the City of Whitehorse followed by Family Stream Migrants and arrivals on Humanitarian Visas.
The number of people arriving on a Skilled Visas has decreased by 44% from July 2016- June 2017 which was 1743 individuals to 970 in July 2017- June 2018
The number of people arriving on a Family Stream Visa has decreased by 38% from July 2016-June 2017 which was 548 individuals to 338 in July 2017-June 2018.
The number of people arriving on a Humanitarian Visa has decreased by 71% from July 2016-June 2017 which was 49 individuals to 14 in July 2017-June 2018.
Within the City of Whitehorse 14 individuals arrived on a Humanitarian Visa between July 2017- June 2018
The top countries of birth for individuals arriving on a Humanitarian Visa were Iran 43% (6), India 36% (5) and Myanmar 21% (<5).
In the City of Whitehorse 338 individuals arrived on a Family Stream Visa between July 2017 – June 2018.
The top countries of birth for individuals arriving on a Family Stream Visa were China 67% (226), India 8% (28), Malaysia 5% (18), Sri Lanka 4% (12) and Hong Kong 3% (10).
‘Other’ consists of 26 countries with < 5 settlers.
In the City of Whitehorse 970 individuals arrived on a Skilled Visa between July 2017 – June 2018
The top 5 countries of birth for individuals arriving on a Skilled Visa was China 38% (369) India 25% (242), Philippines 4% (43), Malaysia 4% (40) and Sri Lanka 4% (37).
‘Other’ consists of 26 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 36 countries with < 5 settlers.
Source: Department of Social Services
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