The graph below gives information about the percentage of people living in Australia who were born in Asia, the UK, and other regions.

The line graph illustrates the proportion of people who migrated from Asia , the UK and other regions to Australia for working or studying over the period of 35 years from 1976 to 2011 .

Overall, what stands out from the graph is that even though there were an upward trend in total, Asia and the others; meanwhile, the rate of the UK in Australia was the smallest one.

From 1976 to 2001, the population in Australia decreased slightly by three percent , before this figure rose up significantly and reached a peak of 25%. As regards Asia, the percentage of Asians was smallest in 1976 but it surged in 2011, at 2,5 to 15 % respectively, overtaking the figure for the UK

In contrast, the proportion of British who lived in Australia was much higher than Asia ; however, this rate decreased rapidly by around 10% from 1976 to 2011, becoming the lowest one in 2011. The percentage of people who came from the other countries fluctuated , reaching a peak of 14% in 2006 after which it went down to around 12% in 2011.