The bar chart compares the region where people were from, migrants to Australia between 1987 and 1997.
Overall, the highest number of migrants was in Europe and the number of migrants in North America was the lowest over the 10-year period.
In terms of region, the proportion of migrants in Ocenia was around 18% in 1987, while in 1997 the number of migrants increased slightly about 23%. In Europe, however, migrants reached their highest percentages at around 33%. By contrast, in 1987, Middle East Africa and North east Asia remained completely stable at 15% , whereas migrants grew slightly from at 20% to about 23% in 1997.
For the remaining information, between Rest of Asia and South American, there was a noticable fall in migrants, decreasing from around 22% to just at 5% in 1987. Similarly, in 1997, Rest of Asia and North american experienced the maximum difference, falling gradually around 13% to at 5%.