Historical Migration Statistics
liveHistorical Migration Statistics is the Department of Home Affairs' workbook of migration to Australia since 1945. It brings together the tables the department and its predecessors published over that time, under the classifications each used.
Five of its tables are here. The Migration Program outcome by stream covers every year since 1984-85, and the Humanitarian Program grants every year since 1977-78. The program outcome by citizenship covers 1996-97 onwards. Settler arrivals by country of birth run from 1959 to 1996, and permanent additions by country of birth from 1996-97 to 2016-17.
Department of Home Affairs releases these 5 tables as one dataset on its portal, so every table here shares the version date 2025-11-10. Each table has its own page with a format picker, a field list, a sample record and its version history.
Also called: Australia refugee intake by year, Australian immigration by country of birth, 1959 to 1996, Australian immigration statistics by country, Australian immigration statistics by year, Australian permanent migration by country of birth, Historical settler arrivals by country, Home Affairs historical migration statistics, Humanitarian Program statistics, Migration Program outcome by citizenship, Migration Program planning levels and outcomes, Permanent additions statistics, Permanent migration to Australia by stream, Permanent visas granted by nationality, Post-war migration to Australia by birthplace, Refugee and Special Humanitarian Program visas granted, Settler arrivals and onshore grants by birthplace.
| Table | Download latest | Rows | Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Program outcome by stream, Australia, 1984-85 onwardsPermanent visas granted under Australia's Migration Program each financial year since 1984-85, by stream. | 205 | 3 | |
| Migration Program outcome by stream and citizenship, Australia, 1996-97 onwardsPermanent visas granted under the Migration Program each financial year since 1996-97, by stream and country of citizenship. | 16,641 | 5 | |
| Humanitarian Program visa grants, Australia, 1977-78 onwardsVisas granted under Australia's Humanitarian Program each financial year since 1977-78, by category. | 240 | 3 | |
| Settler arrivals by country of birth, Australia, 1959 to 1996Settlers who arrived in Australia each year from January 1959 to June 1996, by region and country of birth. | 6,821 | 5 | |
| Permanent additions by country of birth, Australia, 1996-97 to 2016-17People added to Australia's permanent population each financial year from 1996-97 to 2016-17, by region and country of birth. | 5,238 | 5 |
What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version so the change can be checked.