The bar chart compares the immigration patterns of people in five different countries: the UK, New Zealand, India, Vietnam and Italy to Australia in 1962, 1982 and 2002.
Overall, the percentage of immigrants from the UK, INDIA AND VIETNAM followed a similar trajectory: despite growing in 1982, their figures fell noticeably 20 years later. On the other hand, NEW ZEALAND AND ITALY exhibited somewhat different trends, with consistent drops of proportion of their immigrating citizens to Australia.
Focusing on the percentage of immigrants who share witnessed a rise during the period, Indian people saw the biggest proportion in their figures. Starting from 3% in 1962, their percentage experienced a fivefold growth after two decades, which is then negligibly decreased to 14% in the last year shown. Immigrants from the uk and Vietnam shared similar patterns in their proportion. Going from 10% of each, their figures rose to 17% and 15% in 1982, and remain stable to 13% of each in the last years shown.
Turing the immigration patterns with downward trends the proportion of Italian immigrants recorded the biggest reduction among the countries shown. Despite having an initial standing of 40% in 1962, their figures had halved by 1982, followed by another 5-percentage-point dip to 15% in the final year. A similar, but less dramatic scenario can be observed in the share of immigrants from new Zealand. Beginning the period with 7% immigration rate, their proportion fell by 1% in each 20years, reaching a low of 5% in 2002