Australia says ‘yes’ to 190,000 migrants
12 June 2015 by News Desk
Around 190,000 migrants were accepted into Australia last year with the main source countries being India, China and the United Kingdom
Of those people migrating to Australia, 68% are skilled migrants and 32% are accepted on a family visa.
Of 128,550 Skilled migrants, 38% are employer sponsored, 34% are skilled independents, 22% are state, territory and regional nominated and 6% are business migrants. The top three occupation groups for Skilled migrants are Professionals (63.1%), Technicians and Trades Workers (22%) and Managers (8.6%).
Of 61,112 Family migrants, 79% are partners, 14% are parents, 6% are children and 1% are other migrant categories.
The migration programme size and composition is flexible and changes over time, from a smaller programme with mostly family migrants in 1993-94 to a larger programme with more skilled migrants in 2013-14. Planning levels are set by the government each year and the size and composition changes to meet the social and economic needs of Australia.
