Migration Stream By Religion
This table covers the Settlement Date(a) range from 1 October 2008 to 31 September 2013.
You should note and take into account the matters identified as caveats to this data (refer to
separate page).
(a)
Settlement Date is 'date of visa grant' for settlers who were in Australia when their visa was granted, and 'date of
arrival in Australia' for settlers who were overseas when their visa was granted.
Migration Stream
Religion
Family
Aboriginal Evangelical Missions
0
Agnosticism
139
Ahl-l Haqq (Iran)
0
Ahmadi
6
Albanian Orthodox
0
Alevite/Alawi/Alawites
20
Ancestor Veneration
14
Ancient Church of the East
*
Anglican
915
Animism
*
Antiochian Orthodox
0
Apostolic Church so described
8
Armenian Apostolic Church
9
Assemblies of God
39
Assyrian Church of the East
10
Atheism
305
Aust Aboriginal Traditional Reli
*
Baha I World Faith
61
Baptist
170
Born Again Christian
76
Brethren
*
Buddhism
6,109
Caodaism
11
Catholic(NEC)
962
Chaldean Catholic
41
Chinese Religions (NFD)
16
Christadelphians
*
Christian & Missionary Alliance
8
Christian (NFD)
7,147
Christian City Church
*
Christian Life Churches Interna
*
Christian Outreach Centres
6
Christian Revival Crusade
0
Christian Science
*
Church of Christ (Nondenom)
25
Church of Jesus Christ of Lds (N
*
Church of Scientology
*
Church of the Nazarene
*
Churches of Christ (NFD)
34
Confucianism
6
Congregational
*
Coptic Orthodox Church
34
Humanitarian Other Skilled Unknown
*
0
0
0
46
0
9
0
9
0
0
0
540
0
*
0
*
0
0
0
129
*
0
0
*
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
105
0
662
0
275
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
*
0
*
0
71
0
0
0
18
0
12
0
1,313
0
0
0
70
0
52
0
0
0
0
0
827
0
*
0
271
*
94
0
17
0
28
0
*
0
*
0
2,230
*
768
0
*
0
0
0
2,337
10
273
0
4,371
0
0
0
29
0
62
0
10
0
0
0
13
0
*
0
18,719
21
2,708
0
51
0
*
0
*
0
0
0
*
0
6
0
*
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
0
15
0
7
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
545
0
10
0
Grand Total
*
194
9
550
*
150
15
*
1,682
276
*
15
80
69
1,323
427
*
889
540
121
*
9,112
12
3,582
4,412
107
14
24
28,595
53
*
16
*
*
40
9
*
*
71
6
*
589
% of Total
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
#VALUE!
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
Religion
Family Humanitarian Other Skilled Unknown
Druse/Druze
18
*
0
0
0
Eckankar
*
*
0
0
0
Ethnic Evangelical Churches
33
12
0
9
0
Fa Lun Gong
171
281
*
*
0
Foursquare Gospel Church
0
*
0
0
0
Free Reformed
*
0
0
*
0
Full Gospel Church
*
*
0
0
0
Gnostic Christians
*
0
0
0
0
Greek Orthodox
142
*
0
7
0
Hinduism
2,236
5,560
*
950
0
Humanism
0
*
0
0
0
Inadequately Described
195
29
0
47
0
Independent Evangelical Churc
13
*
0
0
0
Islam
4,838
10,099
9
528
0
Isma'ilis (Iran)
0
6
0
0
0
Ithna'ashari Shi'is (Iraq)
0
*
0
0
0
Japanese Religions (NFD)
*
0
0
0
0
Jehovahs Witnesses
116
178
0
23
0
Judaism
144
7
0
29
0
Latter Day Saints/Mormons/C h 73
*
0
12
0
Lutheran
152
12
0
34
0
Macedonian Orthodox
68
0
0
*
0
Maronite Catholic
42
*
0
*
0
Melkite Catholic
*
0
0
0
0
Molokan
*
*
0
0
0
Nature Religions (NFD)
*
0
0
0
0
New Apostolic Church
*
0
0
*
0
No Religion (NFD)
12,799
502
0
6,079
0
Not Stated
324,183
2,960
138 678,692
23
Oriental Christian (NEC)
*
0
0
0
0
Oriental Christian (NFD)
0
10
0
0
0
Orthodox (NEC)
78
126
0
*
0
Orthodox (NFD)
1,907
453
*
42
0
Other Christian (NEC)
83
250
0
49
0
Other Non Christian
89
51
0
15
0
Other Protestant (NEC)
13
45
0
*
*
Other Protestant (NFD)
533
201
0
101
0
Paganism
6
6
0
0
0
Pantheism
*
0
0
0
0
Pentecostal (NEC)
7
114
0
*
0
Pentecostal (NFD)
95
755
0
22
0
Presbyterian
82
45
0
40
0
Presbyterian & Reformed (NFD
*
*
0
*
0
Rastafarianism
*
0
0
0
0
Reformed
17
15
0
27
0
Religious Belief (NFD)
68
341
0
13
0
Religious Groups (NEC)
*
14
0
0
0
Religious Society of Friends (Q
*
0
0
0
0
Reorganised Church of Jesus C
*
0
0
0
0
Revival Centres
*
0
0
0
0
Rhema Family Church
0
*
0
0
0
Romanian Orthodox
*
13
0
0
0
Grand Total
20
6
54
459
*
6
*
*
152
8,749
*
271
14
15,474
6
*
*
317
180
89
198
69
51
*
6
*
6
19,380
1,005,996
*
10
206
2,405
382
155
65
835
12
*
122
872
167
*
*
59
422
15
*
*
*
*
17
% of Total
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
87.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Religion
Russian Orthodox
Sabean Mandean/Sabian
Salvation Army
Sarliya-Kakaiya (Iraq)
Serbian Orthodox
Seventh-Day Adventist
Shia
Shinto
Sikhism
Spiritualism
Sufism
Sunis (Iran)
Sunni
Syrian (Jacobite) Church
Taoism
Theism (NEC)
Ukrainian Catholic
Ukrainian Orthodox
Unitarian
United Pentecostal
Uniting Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Western Catholic/Catholic
Worldwide Church of God
Yazidism
Zoroastrianism
(blank)
Grand Total
Family Humanitarian Other Skilled Unknown
326
*
*
12
0
48
2,200
0
9
0
*
0
0
*
0
*
0
0
0
0
122
12
0
0
0
186
258
0
68
0
217
16,232
0
9
0
13
0
0
*
0
330
57
0
160
0
*
*
0
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
306
2,848
*
17
0
0
57
0
0
0
22
*
0
7
0
0
*
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
10
0
0
0
0
*
0
0
0
0
*
*
0
0
0
57
7
0
20
0
220
17
0
118
0
7,992
91
*
1,946
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
*
0
0
0
*
50
0
*
0
*
0
0
0
0
374,298
76,022
201 693,855
25
Grand Total
344
2,257
9
*
134
512
16,458
14
547
6
*
8
3,172
57
31
*
*
10
*
7
84
355
10,030
6
*
59
*
1,144,401
% of Total
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
100%
Caveats
The Settlement Reporting Facility (SRF) reports on data sourced from the Settlement Database
(SOB). There are limitations in the data capture,the actual data and the reporting system.
Data Capture
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SDB collects data concerning settlers who have been granted a permanent (or
provisional) visa.
SDB data is compiled from a number of sources including Department of Immigration and
Citizenship (DIAC),other Commonwealth agencies and service providers.
A subset of SDB data is copied to the SRF on the 5th day of each month.
Data Limitations
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SRF includes settlers who were:
o granted a permanent (or provisional) visa after 1/1/1991and arrived in Australia
within 2S months of visa grant,(or are yet to arrive and it has been less than 25
months since their visa was granted), or
o who arrived in Australia after 1/1/1991having been granted a permanent (or
provisional)
visa prior to 1/1/1991.
SRF is missing some settlers who were granted visas from 1/7/1999 to 31/08/2003.
SRF has not been adjusted to reflect settlers who are deceased.
SRF has not been adjusted to reflect settlers who have permanently departed Australia.
SRF has not been adjusted to reflect settlers who have had their grants cancelled.
SRF includes some duplicate settler records.
SRF includes many data items that are not mandatory.
SRF includes only the settler's latest known residential (or intended residential) address.
Address information is only updated if DIAC is notified. Some settlers have no address
details recorded.
SRF location data is based on the 2001Australian Standard Geographic Classification
(ASGC).
SRF includes only the latest permanent (or provisional) visa for a settler.
Reporting Limitations
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Reports cannot provide numbers of settlers in specified locations for past years.Nor can
reports show settlement patterns or trends for specified locations.
Reports including numbers of settlers in specified locations may be inaccurate due to
limitations in address data.This is particularly problematic for regional/rural locations.
Settlers with an existing permanent (or provisional) visa may appear in different reporting
categories over time if they are granted a subsequent permanent (or provisional) visa.
Reports including numbers of settlers of 5 or fewer have been suppressed (indicated by
an asterisk*) for client confidentiality.
Reports including 'not stated','invalid' or 'not recorded'labels indicate that the data is
unavailable.
Report Usage
•
Please attribute DIAC as the data source when using SRF reports.
Updated 11 September 2012.