What do Australian people think about immigration?
Social axis · 🇦🇺 Australia · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
12% of Australian respondents take the position “Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.”, against 69% for “Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.”, with 19% choosing neither. n = 114, margin of error ±9.5, weighted to Australia's adult population.
Where Australia sits on social
What is measured about Australia on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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30.4% |
higher than most countries
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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87.7% |
higher than most countries
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Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate · 2025
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4.1% |
somewhat below the middle
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$60,194 |
higher than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on immigration
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.
B · Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.
World, unweighted: 53% A ·
17% neither ·
30% B · n = 4753
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12% B 🇦🇺 n=114 |
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A · A country has every right to choose who may cross its border.
B · Where you were born should not decide where you may live.
World, unweighted: 53% A ·
22% neither ·
25% B · n = 4740
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12% B 🇦🇺 n=114 |
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A · A country should pick who moves in, based on what it needs.
B · People should be free to live and work in any country they choose.
World, unweighted: 52% A ·
22% neither ·
26% B · n = 4758
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13% B 🇦🇺 n=111 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Australia public opinion on immigration
- Immigration poll australia
- What do australian people think about immigration
- What percentage of australian people support immigration
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.