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Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes

INCOME OF MIGRANTS

 Data table for Figure 5.2

Proportion of low-income earners in earlier migrant groups
  1981 1996 2001 2006
Australia 30.7 25.6 27.2 26.6
Pacific Islands 24.0 29.8 30.9 28.9
United Kingdom and Ireland 29.5 24.3 24.1 25.9
Europe and North America 24.7 26.8 26.1 28.0
Asia 24.7 25.8 28.6 30.7
Other 27.0 23.5 22.5 22.7
New Zealand 30.2 29.1 28.5 28.0

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