Australian Bureau of Statistics 4102.0 - Australian Social
Trends, 1998 Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME)
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Product| Paid Work: Migrants in the labour force LABOUR FORCE
STATUS OF MIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED AFTER 1970 AGED 18 OR OVER,
NOVEMBER 1996 Source: Unpublished data, Labour Force Status and
Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, November 1996.
Region of birth Over the last twenty years there have been some
distinct shifts in the regions from which migrants have come.
Migrants (aged 18 or over at the time of arrival) in the labour
force who arrived between the years 1971 and 1985 were more
likely to have come from Europe than those who arrived more
recently, between 1986 and 1996. The proportion of migrants in
the labour force who came from Europe (mainly from the United
Kingdom and Ireland) dropped from 47% between 1971 and 1985 to
29% between 1986 and 1996. The proportion of migrants from
Southeast Asia (mostly from the Phil