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2021-04-23 06:35:51 GMT2021-04-23 14:35:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English CANBERRA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a third of Australian residents were born overseas, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed. According to ABS figures released on Friday, 7.6 million people living in Australia in June 2020 were born in another country. The cohort represents 30 percent of the country's total population compared to 28 percent in 2015 and 27 percent in 2010. "Australia's population encompasses migrants born in nearly every country worldwide, highlighting our culturally diverse society," Jenny Dobak, the Director of Migration Statistics at the ABS, said in a media release. "People born in England continue to be the largest group of overseas-born residents, accounting for 980,000 people. Those born in India became the second largest group in 2020 with 721,000 people."
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(a) Top 5 destination countries based on year ending December 2020. The median duration away for Australians was 17 days. Of the top 10 countries, those returning from India were away the longest (31 days), followed by China (28 days). The shortest durations were for residents travelling to New Zealand (11 days) and Indonesia (10 days). /ABS Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. Why? Well, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ideological interests. We don't put up a paywall – we believe in free access to information of public interest.
29,773 More detailed October data released yesterday by the ABS, in the Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (OAD) publication, helps to provide further context to the recent increase in monthly arrivals. The OAD data shows that October increases were driven by short-term travel, with short-term resident returns up 37 per cent and short-term visitor arrivals up 63 per cent between September and October 2020. /ABS Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. Why? Well, unlike many news organisations, we have no sponsors, no corporate or ideological interests. We don't put up a paywall – we believe in free access to information of public interest.