The bar charts compare the immigration rates to Australia from five different nations in 1962, 1982 and 2002.
Overall, while the percentage of people immigrating to Australia from the UK, India and Vietnam increased, the reverse was true for New Zealand and Italy. It is also evident that immigrants from New Zealand remained a comparatively low figure in all years.
The figures for immigrants from the UK, India and Vietnam rose. Starting at 10% in 1962, the figure for people moving to Australia from the UK increased considerably to around 18% in 1982, and this was followed by a gradual decrease to approximately 13% in 2002. Meanwhile, the proportion of immigrants from India stood at about 2% in 1962, after which it saw a dramatic rise to 15% in 1982, followed by a slight fall of 2% in 2002. After a significant increase from 10% to 25% between 1962 and 1982, the percentage of people who moved to Australia from Vietnam dropped considerably to 13% in 2002.
In contrast, starting at around 8% in 1962, the proportion of immigrants from New Zealand decreased moderately to 6% in 1982. In 2002, a negligible drop was observed in the immigration rates for New Zealand to 5%. At the beginning of the period, 40% of people from Italy immigrated to Australia, which was the highest proportion among the rest, after which this percentage halved to 20% in 1982. There was a gradual fall by 5% in the figure for people who moved to Australia from Italy in 2002. This figure remained the highest among the others.