As per available data, more persons are shifting to Western Australia (WA) from abroad as compared to the nation’s any other region, being responsible for as much as 63% of the said region’s entire expansion in the year to the March end this year.

At the March end this year, the region’s population stood at 2.5 million persons even while the same headed north at a yearly rate of 82, 600 persons or 3.4%. On the other hand, the most unimpressive rate of expansion in Down Under was seen in Tasmania. Here, the population swelled by only 0.1% or 600 persons to become 512,900.

Further, net overseas movement added 238,300 persons to the country’s population in the year to March 2013 even as the same is approximately the 5 yearly averages. Although it’s still quite below the historic high of 316,000 recorded in the year 2008, immigration is increasing progressively to rates earlier witnessed during 2009.

With a growth of 2.2%, the Australian Capital Territory was the next Australian state to see the biggest population augmentation. Queensland, with growth of 2%, followed it closely even as Victoria & the Northern Territory registered a population growth of 1.8% to succeed Queensland.

On the whole, the Kangaroo Land’s population touched the 23 million mark towards the close of March 2013 and headed north by a yearly rate of 397,400 persons or 1.8%. Furthermore, net overseas migration was responsible for 60% of the nation’s expansion, with the rest of the 40%, thanks to natural growth.

Victoria recorded the biggest natural increase for the year closing 31 March 2013, swelling by 3,000 persons or 7.8%, vis-à-vis the year gone by. At the national level, the number of births headed north by 1.2% over the previous year even as the figure of deaths grew by 1.7%.

The statistics also reveals that every Australian state & territory registered both positive and increased net overseas migration (NOM), vis-à-vis the preceding year. New South Wales registered the most impressive numerical growth of 11.9% or 6,700 persons, and the Australian Capital Territory registered the smallest percentage & numerical growth at 0.8% or only 23 persons. At 300 persons or 25.3%, Tasmania registered the biggest percentage growth. Northern Territory with 23.7% increase followed it.

Remarkably–as compared to the year ended March 2012– every territory and state registered growths in the NOM arrivals. The biggest percentage growth was seen by the Northern Territory at 900 persons or 15.0% while the Australian Capital Territory registered the smallest percentage expansion of 320 people or 3.8%.