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PERSPECTIVES ON MIGRANTS, 2011

The sixth edition in the series Perspectives on Migrants (cat. no. 3416.0) was released on December, 2011. This series provides informed commentary on issues and debates relating to migrants, ethnicity and migration programs that are common place within the Australian political and media landscape.

The sixth edition contains two descriptive articles that investigate the socio-economic characteristics of recently arrived migrants and the relationship between migrants and rates of disability:

  • The Characteristics of Recent Migrants article presents a broad range of national level statistics from Characteristics of Recent Migrants, Australia, Nov 2010 (cat. no. 6250.0) about the countries of birth, broad visa groups, labour force status, occupations and educational attainment of migrants. The article then analyses many of these characteristics of recent migrants in the context of the five largest states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. State level data on recent migrants is also presented from reports published by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) and some commentary is included for capital cities from a report entitled 'Population Distribution Effects of Migration in Australia'.