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Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes

MIGRANTS AND WORKING-AGE POPULATION 1981-2006

Table 3.4 Composition of overseas born working-age population 1981-2006
 Working-age Population     Census Data Intercensal Change Total
1981   1996   2001   2006   1981-96 1996-01 2001-06 1981 to 2006
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Total Overseas Born 15 plus 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Australia 8 7 7 6 4 3 4 4
Pacific Islands 12 16 17 16 29 21 10 19
United Kingdom and Ireland 59 40 34 29 -15 -8 11 -2
Europe and North America 12 12 12 11 13 7 8 9
Asia 5 18 23 28 57 56 49 53
Other 2 4 7 9 9 24 17 16
Unknown but Overseas Born 0 1 0 1 3 -4 1 1

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