Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes
MIGRANTS AND WORKING-AGE POPULATION 1981-2006
| Working-age Population | Census Data | Intercensal Change | Total | |||||
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| 1981 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 1981-96 | 1996-01 | 2001-06 | 1981to 2006 | |
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| Total Overseas Born 15 plus | 409.0 | 545.0 | 626.7 | 789.0 | 45.3 | 81.7 | 162.3 | 380.0 |
| Australia | 34.6 | 39.4 | 42.0 | 49.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 14.4 |
| Pacific Islands | 49.9 | 89.7 | 107.1 | 122.6 | 13.3 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 72.6 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | 240.6 | 220.5 | 214.2 | 231.9 | -6.7 | -6.3 | 17.7 | -8.7 |
| Europe and North America | 50.2 | 67.5 | 73.1 | 86.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 36.1 |
| Asia | 22.1 | 99.6 | 145.7 | 224.8 | 25.8 | 46.1 | 79.1 | 202.7 |
| Other | 9.8 | 22.5 | 41.8 | 69.5 | 4.2 | 19.3 | 27.7 | 59.7 |
| Unknown but Overseas Born | 1.7 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | -3.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 |