3412.0 - Migration, Australia, 2013-14 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/01/2015   
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SUMMARY

  • In 2013-14, net overseas migration (NOM) reflected an annual gain of 212,700 persons, 9.7% less than in 2012-13.
  • An estimated 349,000 people moved interstate in 2013-14, an increase of 2.5% from the previous year.
  • At 30 June 2014, 28.1% of Australia's estimated resident population (ERP) (6.6 million people) was born overseas.

MIGRATION SUMMARY, State & territory - 2013-14(a)
Net Overseas Migration (NOM)
Net Interstate Migration (NIM)
Net migration
State or territory
no.
no.
no.
NSW
73 300
-6 857
66 443
Vic.
59 358
8 783
68 141
Qld
30 270
5 753
36 023
SA
11 166
-2 968
8 198
WA
32 270
1 045
33 315
Tas.
1 322
-1 168
154
NT
2 983
-3 344
-361
ACT
2 017
-1 244
773
Australia(b)
212 695
-
212 695
(a) Estimates are preliminary - see paragraph 9 of the Explanatory Notes.
(b) Includes Other Territories.


ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION, Australia - Top 10 countries of birth - 30 June 2014(a)(b)
Persons
Country of birth
no.
% of Australian population
UK, CIs & IOM(c)
1 221 300
5.2
New Zealand
617 000
2.6
China(d)
447 400
1.9
India
397 200
1.7
Philippines
225 100
1.0
Vietnam
223 200
1.0
Italy
201 800
0.9
South Africa
176 300
0.8
Malaysia
153 900
0.7
Germany
129 000
0.5
(a) Estimates are preliminary - see paragraph 9 of the Explanatory Notes.
(b) All population figures presented in this table are rounded. Estimates of the proportion of the Australian population are based on unrounded numbers.
(c) United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(d) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.