Skilled workers lead overseas migration to Tasmania
Thursday, 27 March 2008
A new publication shows that people arriving through Australia's skilled migration program were the largest component of overseas migration to Tasmania last year, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said today.
‘Skilled migrants made up 49.2 per cent of the permanent additions to Tasmania in 2006-07,’ Senator Evans said.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship publication Population Flows: Immigration Aspects reveals that the top five occupations among Tasmania's skilled permanent additions were accountants (72 people), computing professionals (57), registered nurses (36), electrical distribution trades people (35) and specialist medical practitioners (27).
The report shows that Tasmania's population growth in 2006-07 included natural increase of 2619 people, and net overseas migration of 1252 people.
‘Family stream arrivals were 24.9 per cent of overseas permanent additions in the year when 242 people entered under spouse categories, and 48 people arrived as fiancés,’ Senator Evans said.
‘Tasmania received 245 people through Australia's humanitarian program in the year. Of these, 18 per cent were born in Burma, 15.9 per cent in Sudan, and 13.5 per cent in Ethiopia.’
The United Kingdom (229 people) was the most common birth place of overseas permanent additions to Tasmania in 2006-07, followed by China (140) New Zealand (90), the Philippines (88) and India (73).
‘The United Kingdom remains the most common birthplace of overseas-born Tasmanians, accounting for 44.7 per cent of those born abroad,’ Senator Evans said.
‘New Zealand, the Netherlands, Germany and the United States are the next largest birthplace groups.’
Population Flows: Immigration Aspects also records that Tasmania attracted 27 100 overseas visitors in the year who said it would be their main destination in Australia.
Population Flows: Immigration Aspects is available online.
See: www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics
URL: http://www.minister.immi.gov.au
/media/media-releases/2008/ce08029-6.htm
Last update: 13 August 2008 at 17:14 AEST