The number of Australian residents born in India has almost tripled in the last ten years.
According to Australian Bureau of Statistics, as on 30 June 2015, 432,700 Australian residents were born in India. The number is 1.8 percent of the total population of Australia.
The median age of Indian migrants has also dropped, which means more younger people are migrating from India.
Indians are the fourth largest migrant group in Australia after the UK, New Zealand and China.
According to ABS figures, foreign migrants are now the highest proportion of Australia population in over a century, at 28%.
"Australia has traditionally had a high proportion of migrants, but we've now hit a peak not seen since the late 1800s," said Beidar Cho from the ABS.
The percentage of Australian residents born overseas has increased every year for the last 15 years.
"The number of Australian residents born in India has almost tripled over the last 10 years and residents born in China have more than doubled in this time."
The change in our migrant mix can best be observed in the differences in median age of certain groups.
"Migrants born in Italy, for example, had a median age of 64.7 years in 2005. This increased to 69.3 years in 2015 - indicating a drop in recent migration and the aging of existing migrants," said Ms. Cho.
"On the other hand, migrants from our Asian neighbors, such as India, have seen a reduction in median age from 37 years in 2005 to 33.4 years in 2015."
Looking at Net Overseas Migration for 2014-15, a decrease from the previous year was recorded, with an annual estimate of 168,200 persons. This was 9.8 percent (18,200 persons) less than in 2013-14. At a state level, the largest gains were in New South Wales with 66,100, Victoria with 54,100 and Queensland with 19,100.
