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South African born migrants

The total number of South African's living in Australia was 104,128 as recorded in the 2006 census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Between the census and December 2008, about 13,600 more South African's arrived in Australia on a long-term basis.

More than 70 percent of South African's live in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney.

Total number of South Africans living permanently in Australia
(as recorded in the 2006 census)

Australia	Male	Female	Total
South Africa	51,036	53,092	104,128
Total population in AUS	9,799,244	10,056,044	19,855,288

Perth	Male	Female	Total
South Africa	9,263	9,565	18,828
Total population in Perth	713,920	731,159	1,445,079

Melbourne	Male	Female	Total
South Africa	8,416	8,902	17,318
Total population in Melbourne	1,760,911	1,831,681	3,592,592

Sydney	Male	Female	Total
South Africa	13,935	14,491	28,426
Total population in Sydney	2,028,730	2,090,461	4,119,191

Brisbane	Male	Female	Total
South Africa	6,328	6,495	12,823
Total population in Brisbane	866,434	896,699	1,763,133

Note: These are the numbers of people who recorded on census night that they were living permanently in Australia. The purpose of this table is to highlight the distribution of South African's accross the main cities.

Source: ABS 2006

The number of South African's entering Australia as immigrants increased to 670 in November 2008 and 800 in December 2008. These were the highest and second highest levels of long-term SA migrants into Australia during the period January 1991 to December 2008.

Immigrants into Aus from SA (monthly)