The bar chart illustrates the percentage of people who migrated to Australia from six various regions during the years 1987 and 1997.
Overall, it is clear from the chart that the majority of migrants came from Europe. Oceanians and Asians, especially Northeast, also made up a significant percentage, while only a relatively small propotion of migrants were from other regions.
In 1987, the largest percentage of migrants was from Europe, accounting for aproximatelty 33% of total arrivals. Nevertheless, this figure saw a slight decline to 27% in 1997. The second large group of migrants were Oceanians. Unlike Europeans, this group experienced a quite substantial growth, rising from 17% to 22%. Similarly, the propotion of migrants from Northeast Asia exhibited a remarkable increase, climbing from 15% in 1987 to almost 25% a decade later. As for the rest of Asia, it diminished significantly from 23% to 17% over the same period.
Focusing on the remaining regions, Middle East and North Africa showed a rather noticable increase, with its propotion of migrants rising from 15% in 1987 to 20% in 1997, suggesting steady interest in migration from this area. The smallest nationality group, however, were both North and South Americans. They represented a subtle decline, dropping from 6 % to a mere 5% during the same period of time.