IIndians have become Australia’s largest migrant group, overtaking the English for the first time amid ongoing pushback against migrants.
Independent reports that data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that at least 971,020 India-born people were living in Australia as of 30 June 2025.
They make up roughly 5.2 per cent of Australia’s population, narrowly surpassing 970,950 people born in England.
The India-born population has surged the most in the last decade, while the number of people born in England has steadily declined. In 2013, the England-born population in the island-nation stood at one million.
China-born people numbered 732,000 in third position, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand.
The next largest foreign-born population came from the Philippines, Vietnam, South Africa, Nepal and Malaysia.
According to government data, Australia had 8.8 million overseas-born residents in 2025, which made up about 32 per cent of the country’;s population of 27.6 million.
