The bar chart demonstrates where people who migrated to Australia were from region in two particular years.
Overall, it can be observed that the majority of these migrants were from Europe in both of years . In contrast, the smallest part of the migrants in the given years came from North and South America.
To begin, in 1987, European migrants was dominant source of migration to Australia and represented 31% of the total immigrant population in Australia. However, this data declined in 1997 and became around 28%. Meanwhile, Oceania didn’t show a high percentage initially but remarkably increased by above 20% in 1991. Additionally, North East Asia demonstrated significant growth from 15% to almost 25% over the decade.
The Middle East experienced a similar trend to North East Asia but also experienced noticeable rise and grew by 5 percent. Simultaneously, the Rest of Asia was the second most widespread region of migrants (around 22%). However, after a decade, this figure decreased by about 13%. In contrast, North and South America remained almost stable with minor decline.