The data illustrates the proportion of immigrants to australia from five different nations in 1962, 1982 and 2002. It is measured in percents. Overall, it can be seen that both Italy and Vietnam increased in percentage of immigrants.
At the beginning of a period, in 1962, Italian people were taking 40 percent of the most immigrants, the highest, whereas Indian people were taking only about 3 percent. Over the year 1982, the levels became more similar, with both countries taking about 6 to 25 percent. Vietnamese immigrants taking the most part, increased by 15 percent.
However, over the year 2002, the amount of people immigrating to australia dropped noticebly by all five countries. The percentage of Vietnamese immigrants dropped sharply by approximately 12 percent, while number of New Zeland immigrants stayed nearly the same, dropping by only around 1 percent.
At the end of the period, Italian immigrants percent was almost as thrice as those from New Zeland.
