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Year of arrival

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In 2021, 70,291 people who were living in the City of Whitehorse, were born overseas and 22.5% arrived in Australia within the last 5 years prior to 2021.

The Year of Arrival data records when the overseas born population arrived in Australia. The data shows the degree to which areas are 'ports' for new overseas arrivals and reveals the role of the City of Whitehorse in housing newer or older migrant groups.

Year of Arrival data should be looked at in conjunction with Age Structure - most people migrate to another country when they are relatively young.

Please note, for this topic only, where 'Total population' is selected as a benchmark, this refers to the total overseas-born population in the area. People not born overseas do not have a year of arrival.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In what year did the person first arrive in Australia to live here for one year or more?'

Year of arrivals
City of Whitehorse - born overseas2021
Year of arrival in AustraliaNumber%City of Whitehorse - Total population
Arrived in 1960 or earlier2,9994.34.3
1961 to 19703,6985.35.3
1971 to 19804,0915.85.8
1981 to 19907,52410.710.7
1991 to 20007,31810.410.4
2001 to 201016,36223.323.3
2011 to 201511,08515.815.8
2016 to Aug 202115,80222.522.5
Not stated1,4122.02.0
Total people70,291100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the year of arrival for the population born overseas of the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to the total population in the City of Whitehorse shows that there was a similar proportion of people who arrived before 2001, as well as a similar proportion of recent overseas arrivals (those who arrived between 2016 to 10 Aug 2021).

Overall, 36.5% of the population born overseas arrived before 2001, and 22.5% arrived during or after 2016, compared with 36.5% and 22.5% respectively for the total population in the City of Whitehorse.

There were no major differences between the population born overseas in City of Whitehorse and the total population in the City of Whitehorse in 2021.

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