The given chart demonstrates the continents and regions which came to Australia from, in 1987 and 1997.
Overall, it can be easily seen that Europe makes the majority of migrants, and North/South America stayed as the least one over a ten-year decade.
To begin with, migrants from Oceania was 17% in 1987, but numbers increased to 23% afer ten years. Europe was 37%, remained as the most dominant and it diminished slightly in 1999. Moreover, Middle East Africa accaounted as 15% in 1987, and experienced a appreciable rise, to 20%.
On the other hand, migration from North East Asia to Australia was 15%, same as Middle East Africa. However, it saw a sharp increase in 1997, to 24%. Furthermore, rest of the Asia made up the 24% of the migration statistics, but it did not last long and declined to 14% in ten years. North/South America had the lowest numbers of migration compared to the others. It was just made up the only 6% in 1987 and diminished slightly in 1997, to 5%.
