Indians have emerged as the fastest growing migrant group in the Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria, recording a growth of 2.3 per cent in the last ten years, according to latest census figures.
There were higher proportions of India-born residents in Victoria followed by Italy, Vietnam, Greece and Sri lanka than any other state or territory, it said.
According to the latest figures released by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in Victoria, Indians have emerged as the fastest growing migrant group in the state.
Victoria is the country’s most densely populated state and its second-most populous state overall. In terms of population growth nationally, for the top 50 countries of birth in 10 years, people from Nepal had the highest rate of increase with an average annual growth rate of 27.8 per cent which stood at a small base of 4,400 people in 2006.