According to the 2016 Australian census, there were 1,266,580 skilled migrant via holders in Australia in that year. Humanitarian visa entrants represented the third largest permanent migrant group at just over 200,000 people.
Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream
(in 1,000s people)
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (July 18, 2018). Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream (in 1,000s people)." Chart. July 18, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream (in 1,000s people). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Number of Permanent Migrants Australia in 2016, by Visa Stream (in 1,000s People)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of permanent migrants Australia in 2016, by visa stream (in 1,000s people) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, July 18, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1004972/australia-total-number-of-permanent-migrants-by-visa-stream/