Almost 60 per cent of the three million permanent migrants since 2000 have settled in Sydney and Melbourne, with one-in-four new arrivals coming from India and China, recently released data shows.
The highest number of humanitarian visas were issued to those born in Iraq , followed by Afghanistan and Myanmar .
The figures also showed more than half of the permanent migrants - 59 per cent - have since become Australian citizens. The ABS further noted"permanent migrants born in South Africa were the most likely to be Australian citizens , the least likely were migrants born in China ". Next popular was the greater Perth area - 12.1 per cent of permanent migrants - followed by greater Brisbane and greater Adelaide . The most popular occupation for the 71 per cent employed permanent migrants was business, human resource and marketing professionals, then specialist managers, health professionals and carers and aides.
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