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Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes

INCOME OF MIGRANTS

 Data table for Figure 5.1

Proportion of low-income earners in population groups
  1981 1996 2001 2006
Australia 31.3 29.9 30.8 30.2
Pacific Islands 31.0 38.4 39.2 35.1
United Kingdom and Ireland 28.8 24.9 24.3 25.5
Europe and North America 26.9 31.3 30.3 31.0
Asia 32.4 52.7 53.2 50.1
Other 29.7 37.7 37.9 33.5
New Zealand 30.2 29.1 28.5 28.0

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