People born in India formed the largest cohort of permanent migrants who moved to Australia between 2000 and 2016 and are now thriving in their adopted home, with more than half of them owning a house.
From January 2000, a total of 291,916 Indian born migrants moved to Australia on a permanent basis until the Census night of 2016, with over half of them -154,012- pledging their allegiance to Australia by becoming Australian citizens. During this 16-year period, Australia added over 2.9 million permanent residents.
While a vast majority of Indian permanent migrants came to Australia on skilled visas (234, 395), over 56,000 arrived on family visas and just over 1,000 arrived on humanitarian visas.
The latest ABS figures show that over half of the permanent migrants (over the age of 15) who arrived in Australia during this period were buying or owned their own home.
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