Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, November 2024

These statistics report on the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people. Most data in this release are rounded to the nearest 10. As a result, sums of components may not add exactly to totals.

Overseas Migration Statistics

This release presents statistics on all overseas arrivals and departures, which is not the same as overseas migration statistics.

If you are looking for ABS statistics on overseas migration, please refer to:

Arrivals and departures

1.1 Total overseas arrivals - recent months
	Arrivals (M)	Arrivals - provisional(a) (M)
Nov 2023	1.56	-
Dec 2023	1.70	-
Jan 2024	2.12	-
Feb 2024	1.79	-
Mar 2024	1.61	-
Apr 2024	1.63	-
May 2024	1.48	-
Jun 2024	1.53	-
Jul 2024	1.93	-
Aug 2024	1.66	-
Sep 2024	1.73	-
Oct 2024	1.94	-
Nov 2024	1.67	-
Dec 2024	-	1.86

1.1 Total overseas arrivals - recent months

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Provisional data for the most recent month has not had the full quality assurance methods applied as is done for the earlier months. Provisional data will be revised in the next issue of this publication.

1.2 Total overseas departures - recent months
	Departures (M)	Departures - provisional(a) (M)
Nov 2023	1.59	-
Dec 2023	2.03	-
Jan 2024	1.75	-
Feb 2024	1.49	-
Mar 2024	1.71	-
Apr 2024	1.65	-
May 2024	1.56	-
Jun 2024	1.76	-
Jul 2024	1.65	-
Aug 2024	1.69	-
Sep 2024	1.80	-
Oct 2024	1.66	-
Nov 2024	1.78	-
Dec 2024	-	2.27

1.2 Total overseas departures - recent months

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Provisional data for the most recent month has not had the full quality assurance methods applied as is done for the earlier months. Provisional data will be revised in the next issue of this publication.

1.3 Total overseas arrivals and departures - November 2014 to December 2024(a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
Nov 2014	1.34	1.36
Dec 2014	1.46	1.71
Jan 2015	1.78	1.49
Feb 2015	1.42	1.24
Mar 2015	1.39	1.45
Apr 2015	1.37	1.41
May 2015	1.22	1.31
Jun 2015	1.23	1.46
Jul 2015	1.65	1.43
Aug 2015	1.42	1.45
Sep 2015	1.46	1.48
Oct 2015	1.65	1.40
Nov 2015	1.42	1.44
Dec 2015	1.58	1.85
Jan 2016	1.91	1.64
Feb 2016	1.56	1.37
Mar 2016	1.48	1.54
Apr 2016	1.47	1.49
May 2016	1.30	1.39
Jun 2016	1.33	1.58
Jul 2016	1.83	1.57
Aug 2016	1.51	1.55
Sep 2016	1.59	1.60
Oct 2016	1.78	1.50
Nov 2016	1.51	1.54
Dec 2016	1.72	1.99
Jan 2017	2.07	1.78
Feb 2017	1.63	1.39
Mar 2017	1.52	1.58
Apr 2017	1.65	1.71
May 2017	1.40	1.49
Jun 2017	1.42	1.67
Jul 2017	1.91	1.65
Aug 2017	1.62	1.66
Sep 2017	1.67	1.70
Oct 2017	1.88	1.57
Nov 2017	1.60	1.64
Dec 2017	1.76	2.08
Jan 2018	2.13	1.81
Feb 2018	1.73	1.52
Mar 2018	1.68	1.74
Apr 2018	1.67	1.71
May 2018	1.48	1.56
Jun 2018	1.51	1.79
Jul 2018	2.01	1.73
Aug 2018	1.72	1.77
Sep 2018	1.72	1.76
Oct 2018	1.96	1.64
Nov 2018	1.67	1.72
Dec 2018	1.85	2.18
Jan 2019	2.22	1.91
Feb 2019	1.79	1.52
Mar 2019	1.66	1.68
Apr 2019	1.67	1.83
May 2019	1.59	1.63
Jun 2019	1.56	1.80
Jul 2019	2.01	1.76
Aug 2019	1.78	1.81
Sep 2019	1.75	1.80
Oct 2019	1.98	1.68
Nov 2019	1.72	1.74
Dec 2019	1.89	2.24
Jan 2020	2.26	1.97
Feb 2020	1.57	1.29
Mar 2020	0.92	0.83
Apr 2020	0.02	0.06
May 2020	0.02	0.03
Jun 2020	0.03	0.04
Jul 2020	0.02	0.06
Aug 2020	0.01	0.06
Sep 2020	0.02	0.05
Oct 2020	0.02	0.05
Nov 2020	0.03	0.04
Dec 2020	0.03	0.05
Jan 2021	0.03	0.04
Feb 2021	0.03	0.03
Mar 2021	0.03	0.03
Apr 2021	0.05	0.06
May 2021	0.11	0.11
Jun 2021	0.10	0.10
Jul 2021	0.07	0.09
Aug 2021	0.03	0.04
Sep 2021	0.02	0.03
Oct 2021	0.02	0.04
Nov 2021	0.07	0.09
Dec 2021	0.20	0.23
Jan 2022	0.27	0.19
Feb 2022	0.27	0.18
Mar 2022	0.37	0.34
Apr 2022	0.57	0.61
May 2022	0.65	0.66
Jun 2022	0.73	0.88
Jul 2022	1.08	0.97
Aug 2022	1.03	0.94
Sep 2022	1.07	1.04
Oct 2022	1.21	1.01
Nov 2022	1.19	1.18
Dec 2022	1.26	1.52
Jan 2023	1.61	1.38
Feb 2023	1.38	1.07
Mar 2023	1.34	1.32
Apr 2023	1.37	1.43
May 2023	1.30	1.36
Jun 2023	1.36	1.56
Jul 2023	1.74	1.49
Aug 2023	1.54	1.52
Sep 2023	1.60	1.59
Oct 2023	1.74	1.48
Nov 2023	1.56	1.59
Dec 2023	1.70	2.03
Jan 2024	2.12	1.75
Feb 2024	1.79	1.49
Mar 2024	1.61	1.71
Apr 2024	1.63	1.65
May 2024	1.48	1.56
Jun 2024	1.53	1.76
Jul 2024	1.93	1.65
Aug 2024	1.66	1.69
Sep 2024	1.73	1.80
Oct 2024	1.94	1.66
Nov 2024	1.67	1.78
Dec 2024	1.86	2.27

1.3 Total overseas arrivals and departures - November 2014 to December 2024(a)

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Provisional data for the most recent month has not had the full quality assurance methods applied as is done for the earlier months. Provisional estimates will be revised in the next issue of this publication.

1.4 Arrivals and departures by category of travel - selected months(a)(b)
Category of travel	Nov 2019 (no.)	Nov 2022 (no.)	Nov 2023 (no.)	Nov 2024 (no.)	Nov 2023 to Nov 2024 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	7,670	10,810	13,940	14,610	4.8
Long-term resident returns	11,600	15,270	13,530	11,490	-15.1
Short-term resident returns	849,790	612,120	820,760	912,430	11.2
Long-term visitor arrivals	36,940	46,490	50,540	51,310	1.5
Short-term visitor arrivals	815,910	505,240	663,760	679,280	2.3
Total arrivals	1,721,900	1,189,920	1,562,520	1,669,120	6.8
Long-term resident departures	20,420	22,500	23,850	23,500	-1.5
Short-term resident departures	869,120	664,810	854,980	961,370	12.4
Long-term visitor departures	22,100	34,150	34,550	34,770	0.6
Short-term visitor departures	831,580	455,970	678,260	756,700	11.6
Total departures	1,743,220	1,177,430	1,591,640	1,776,340	11.6

For further information about categories of travel, see the Glossary section of the Methodology page.
Category of travel data is not available from provisional estimates.

Visitor arrivals - short-term

Compares international visitor arrivals each month by source country and change at the state and territory level. Analysis in this section is undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For visitor arrivals to Australia in November 2024:

A total of 679,280 short-term trips were recorded, an increase of 15,520 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 16.7% lower than the pre-COVID level in November 2019.
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 17% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Aust. ('000)
Nov 2014	611.23
Dec 2014	811.83
Jan 2015	547.43
Feb 2015	726.06
Mar 2015	679.27
Apr 2015	550.15
May 2015	485.66
Jun 2015	488.15
Jul 2015	628.27
Aug 2015	574.14
Sep 2015	571.99
Oct 2015	625.80
Nov 2015	671.54
Dec 2015	901.32
Jan 2016	617.67
Feb 2016	798.61
Mar 2016	757.35
Apr 2016	610.50
May 2016	541.28
Jun 2016	555.07
Jul 2016	715.78
Aug 2016	632.14
Sep 2016	647.04
Oct 2016	695.92
Nov 2016	721.83
Dec 2016	976.15
Jan 2017	723.99
Feb 2017	787.58
Mar 2017	772.23
Apr 2017	700.01
May 2017	579.09
Jun 2017	606.01
Jul 2017	746.41
Aug 2017	702.90
Sep 2017	663.59
Oct 2017	741.36
Nov 2017	777.09
Dec 2017	1,015.04
Jan 2018	702.58
Feb 2018	914.53
Mar 2018	872.35
Apr 2018	679.78
May 2018	609.45
Jun 2018	646.65
Jul 2018	774.36
Aug 2018	741.71
Sep 2018	690.19
Oct 2018	753.96
Nov 2018	802.16
Dec 2018	1,057.90
Jan 2019	731.13
Feb 2019	927.24
Mar 2019	836.35
Apr 2019	700.37
May 2019	668.28
Jun 2019	660.34
Jul 2019	790.38
Aug 2019	789.20
Sep 2019	694.96
Oct 2019	774.02
Nov 2019	815.91
Dec 2019	1,077.72
Jan 2020	766.59
Feb 2020	685.41
Mar 2020	331.89
Apr 2020	2.25
May 2020	3.44
Jun 2020	5.40
Jul 2020	3.53
Aug 2020	3.03
Sep 2020	3.72
Oct 2020	6.07
Nov 2020	7.57
Dec 2020	8.82
Jan 2021	7.99
Feb 2021	6.26
Mar 2021	8.32
Apr 2021	22.61
May 2021	36.19
Jun 2021	36.77
Jul 2021	18.72
Aug 2021	6.39
Sep 2021	4.43
Oct 2021	4.41
Nov 2021	20.86
Dec 2021	73.29
Jan 2022	60.76
Feb 2022	90.46
Mar 2022	170.25
Apr 2022	235.46
May 2022	231.48
Jun 2022	275.30
Jul 2022	325.68
Aug 2022	348.44
Sep 2022	371.85
Oct 2022	430.47
Nov 2022	505.24
Dec 2022	648.97
Jan 2023	412.41
Feb 2023	600.71
Mar 2023	613.34
Apr 2023	544.92
May 2023	512.33
Jun 2023	542.08
Jul 2023	625.12
Aug 2023	603.36
Sep 2023	584.62
Oct 2023	607.93
Nov 2023	663.76
Dec 2023	876.86
Jan 2024	603.77
Feb 2024	857.95
Mar 2024	761.05
Apr 2024	593.09
May 2024	600.78
Jun 2024	587.76
Jul 2024	658.97
Aug 2024	658.81
Sep 2024	630.70
Oct 2024	677.41
Nov 2024	679.28

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals

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Countries where visitors came from

The three leading source countries where visitors came from were:

New Zealand (113,430 trips)
The USA (61,780)
The UK (61,740).

Details

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Nov 2019	Nov 2022	Nov 2023	Nov 2024
New Zealand	120,410	91,210	116,350	113,430
USA	75,040	51,220	61,660	61,780
UK	68,880	55,410	57,860	61,740
China(b)	101,390	9,100	45,880	54,740
India	37,380	35,370	37,700	40,270
Singapore	48,700	37,390	37,750	38,000
Japan	45,530	12,450	31,050	33,320
Korea, South	26,010	11,700	31,250	31,190
Canada	19,110	14,500	16,840	16,860
Germany	18,600	12,230	14,740	15,630

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival.

The ABS is currently remediating a data quality issue with OAD source data which has affected the state and territory of stay data for November 2024. Due to this data quality issue, information in this section is not currently available.

Monthly OAD data will be revised for November 2024. It is anticipated the revised data will be updated in the December 2024 release of this publication. Until then, please see the data downloads section of the October 2024 release for previously published data.

Visitor arrivals - state and territory

Compares international visitor arrivals each month by source country for each state and territory. Analyses in this section are undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year) unless otherwise stated.

Information in this section is not currently available. Please see "State or territory of stay" directly above for further information.

Arrivals - international students

Compares international student arrivals each month by visa type.

In November 2024 there were 32,570 international student arrivals to Australia, a decrease of 1,980 students compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of student arrivals in November 2024 was 14.9% lower than the pre-COVID levels in November 2019.

11.1 Arrivals - international students(a), Australia
Student visa	Nov 2019	Nov 2022	Nov 2023	Nov 2024
Higher Educ.	22,270	15,550	18,500	20,810
Vocational Educ. & Training	8,290	8,300	7,920	6,280
Schools	450	280	270	300
Independent ELICOS(b)	3,490	6,440	4,390	1,690
Postgraduate Research	2,190	1,550	2,010	2,080
Students Other	1,560	950	1,460	1,420

11.1 Arrivals - international students(a), Australia

["Student visa","Nov 2019","Nov 2022","Nov 2023","Nov 2024"]

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International student visa holders whether it be for a short-term (less than 1 year) or long-term (1 year or more) duration. This is not the same as when a traveller self reports 'education' as their main reason for journey.
English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students.

Resident returns - short-term

Compares international resident returns each month by destination country and change at the state and territory level. Analysis in this section is undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For residents returning from overseas in November 2024:

A total of 912,430 short-term trips were recorded, an increase of 91,670 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 7.4% higher than the pre-COVID level in November 2019.
Indonesia was the most popular destination country, accounting for 15% of all resident returns.

12.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Aust. ('000)
Nov 2014	684.51
Dec 2014	588.94
Jan 2015	1,150.24
Feb 2015	607.29
Mar 2015	646.25
Apr 2015	763.58
May 2015	684.92
Jun 2015	697.89
Jul 2015	940.49
Aug 2015	790.40
Sep 2015	834.87
Oct 2015	971.25
Nov 2015	705.37
Dec 2015	627.77
Jan 2016	1,209.17
Feb 2016	668.15
Mar 2016	664.19
Apr 2016	812.52
May 2016	719.28
Jun 2016	721.85
Jul 2016	1,024.59
Aug 2016	822.32
Sep 2016	883.76
Oct 2016	1,024.64
Nov 2016	738.73
Dec 2016	680.56
Jan 2017	1,260.36
Feb 2017	738.70
Mar 2017	690.43
Apr 2017	893.92
May 2017	775.96
Jun 2017	763.18
Jul 2017	1,070.74
Aug 2017	863.23
Sep 2017	946.17
Oct 2017	1,078.68
Nov 2017	773.11
Dec 2017	680.77
Jan 2018	1,336.96
Feb 2018	709.02
Mar 2018	740.73
Apr 2018	929.04
May 2018	822.24
Jun 2018	808.71
Jul 2018	1,133.60
Aug 2018	916.20
Sep 2018	973.97
Oct 2018	1,147.82
Nov 2018	810.32
Dec 2018	732.81
Jan 2019	1,392.85
Feb 2019	746.08
Mar 2019	753.51
Apr 2019	916.43
May 2019	866.28
Jun 2019	841.95
Jul 2019	1,122.59
Aug 2019	930.97
Sep 2019	992.82
Oct 2019	1,145.97
Nov 2019	849.79
Dec 2019	749.66
Jan 2020	1,397.42
Feb 2020	785.39
Mar 2020	538.36
Apr 2020	17.05
May 2020	13.38
Jun 2020	15.76
Jul 2020	10.28
Aug 2020	8.07
Sep 2020	8.17
Oct 2020	11.17
Nov 2020	13.00
Dec 2020	14.30
Jan 2021	11.35
Feb 2021	8.39
Mar 2021	9.25
Apr 2021	16.99
May 2021	62.36
Jun 2021	50.49
Jul 2021	41.83
Aug 2021	10.31
Sep 2021	6.04
Oct 2021	5.07
Nov 2021	25.91
Dec 2021	52.83
Jan 2022	151.57
Feb 2022	116.86
Mar 2022	146.34
Apr 2022	282.63
May 2022	360.61
Jun 2022	390.89
Jul 2022	671.04
Aug 2022	607.95
Sep 2022	633.79
Oct 2022	721.86
Nov 2022	612.12
Dec 2022	529.98
Jan 2023	1,097.90
Feb 2023	639.58
Mar 2023	635.73
Apr 2023	750.17
May 2023	707.44
Jun 2023	729.54
Jul 2023	995.58
Aug 2023	858.54
Sep 2023	939.06
Oct 2023	1,061.34
Nov 2023	820.76
Dec 2023	739.60
Jan 2024	1,392.89
Feb 2024	775.63
Mar 2024	767.11
Apr 2024	964.31
May 2024	807.92
Jun 2024	863.95
Jul 2024	1,146.34
Aug 2024	916.89
Sep 2024	1,020.96
Oct 2024	1,184.90
Nov 2024	912.43

12.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

Indonesia (134,950 trips)
New Zealand (113,590)
Japan (72,060).

Details

12.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Nov 2019	Nov 2022	Nov 2023	Nov 2024
Indonesia	117,300	86,270	117,750	134,950
New Zealand	119,100	101,330	104,160	113,590
Japan	42,620	15,530	53,830	72,060
USA	78,960	48,880	59,270	58,360
Thailand	41,140	36,460	46,470	56,000
China(b)	52,550	2,500	36,480	49,900
India	37,260	33,250	37,820	45,910
UK	36,050	33,990	39,280	39,140
Vietnam	21,670	17,340	25,300	34,310
Fiji	30,350	30,750	33,090	33,830

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival.

The ABS is currently remediating a data quality issue with OAD source data which has affected the state and territory of residence data for November 2024. Due to this data quality issue, information in this section is not currently available.

Monthly OAD data will be revised for November 2024. It is anticipated the revised data will be updated in the December 2024 release of this publication. Until then, please see the data downloads section of the October 2024 release for previously published data.

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Notes

The ABS is currently remediating a data quality issue with OAD source data which has affected the state and territory of stay/residence data. Due to this, the data for tables 11, 12, 13.1, 13.2, 16 and 17 are not currently available. Monthly OAD data will be revised for November 2024. It is anticipated the revised data will be updated in the December 2024 release of this publication. Until then, please see the data downloads section of the October 2024 release for previously published data.
Additional provisional data is available under the Data downloads for State of clearance (Table 13), Country of citizenship (Table 14), and Visa group (Table 15). No further breakdowns of provisional data are available, other than those which appear in this release.
The ABS identified a data quality issue with OAD processing which affected the state of clearance and visa grouping data. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data from September 2007 to August 2015 was revised and released in the March 2023 publication. A further revision to data from July 2007 to June 2017 was released in the April 2023 publication. For further information see Methodology page, in the History of changes section for the year 2007.
Due to improvements made to the quality of the imputations used to estimate duration of stay, OAD data from January to March 2022 has been revised and released in the April 2022 issue. These imputations use historical data and have been impacted by changed travel behaviour during the COVID-19 travel restrictions period. For further information see Methodology page in the History of changes section for the year 2022.
The ABS identified a data quality issue with the source data which affected the state and territory of stay/residence data. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data from July 2021 to February 2022 was revised and released in the March 2022 issue. For further information see Methodology page in the History of changes section for the year 2022.
For all Short-term Visitor Arrivals (STVA) and Short-term Resident Returns (STRR) series, the trend estimates have been suspended from February 2020 and the seasonally adjusted estimates have been suspended from April 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international travel. For more information, see the Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates section in the Methodology page associated with this release.
The quality of the imputation used to estimate duration of stay for some resident departures was impacted by changed travel behaviour during COVID-19 travel restrictions. The proportional split between short-term resident departures and long-term resident departures was impacted from April 2020 to December 2021. Where possible, instead of departure volumes, we recommend clients use short-term resident returns and long-term resident returns for greater accuracy. For more information on how this variable is imputed, please see paragraph 28 of the Imputations and derivations section of the Methodology page.
Occasionally situations occur that necessitate breaks being applied to the trend series. For an overview of the breaks currently included in the trend series, see paragraph 14 of the Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates section in the Methodology.
For further information about the data, including updates or changes, see the Methodology page.

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Table 5: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: original

Table 6: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - intended length of stay and main reason for journey: original

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