Australian Bureau of Statistics

Migration intelligence beyond the EOI dashboard.

SkillSelect is one part of Australia’s migration picture. These ABS series show population-level movements and visa-group context at their published national grain.

Net overseas migration — Year ending 30 June 2025: 305.6KAnnual ABS observation · persons
Migrant arrivals — Year ending 30 June 2025: 571.4KAnnual ABS observation · persons
Migrant departures — Year ending 30 June 2025: 269.8KAnnual ABS observation · persons

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Population measures answer a different question.

These series describe migration flows or population estimates published by the ABS. They do not describe a six-digit profession’s invitation prospects, and they should not be combined with EOI stock as though the grains were equivalent.

Published observations

Net overseas migration

Annual net overseas migration for Australia, all ages and persons. Net migration is arrivals minus departures under the ABS measure.

SourceAustralian Bureau of Statistics — Net Overseas MigrationReferenceYear ending 30 June 2025Source notes

Published observations

Migrant arrivals and departures

Annual national migrant arrivals and departures. Both are flows over a reference year, unlike SkillSelect monthly status stock.

SourceAustralian Bureau of Statistics — Migrant arrivals and departures by visaReferenceYear ending 30 June 2025Source notes

Published observations

NOM arrivals by selected visa group — financial year

National NOM arrival measures for total, permanent skill visas and temporary skilled work visas. Visa groups are ABS categories, not SkillSelect pathways.

SourceAustralian Bureau of Statistics — Overseas migration by visa groupReference2023Source notes

Population context

Largest country-of-birth populations in the latest extracted period.

National estimated resident population, persons of all ages. This is population context, not a migration-program ranking.

Total27,613,650

India971,020

England970,950

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)731,540

New Zealand637,680

Philippines412,530

Vietnam326,630

South Africa229,950

Nepal213,580

Sri Lanka184,800

Malaysia184,320

Italy152,560

Pakistan143,920

Indonesia128,140

Hong Kong (SAR of China)128,040

SourceAustralian Bureau of Statistics — Estimated resident population by country of birthReference2025Source notes

Keep grains separate.

Profession-level SkillSelect stock, visa-group migration flows and country-of-birth population estimates each describe a different published unit. MyAustralianVisa preserves those boundaries so a broad ABS trend is never presented as a profession-specific migration outcome.

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