2024 NATIONAL TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORK SURVEY
Explore participant demographics
Nearly 10,000 people took part in the survey, from 141 countries, in every state and territory, and answering in six languages.
01 Visa at time of survey
Participants were asked about their current visa at the time of the survey. Four in five participants (80%, 7,948) held a student visa. Among non-student visa holders, the largest cohorts held Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) (6%, 579), Working Holiday (417/462) (3%, 259), skilled visas (2%, 154), and bridging visas (4%, 385). A further 6% were on a range of other visa classes. There were 263 secondary visa holders.
Participants’ visa at time of survey (n=9,945)
02 Nationality
Participants were nationals of 140 countries. The largest cohorts were from India (16%, n=1,596), China (12%, n=1,151) and Nepal (9%, n=907).
Participant nationalities (n=9,962)
Nationalities of participants, for nationalities with more than 50 participants (n=9,962)
03 Year of arrival
A majority of participants arrived in Australia within 18 months of the survey, including one in five (21%) who were in their first 6 months in Australia. Three quarters (76%) had been in Australia for 2.5 years or less.
Participants’ year of arrival in Australia (n=9,926)
04 Gender
Substantially more women (57%) than men (42%) participated in the survey. One percent of participants identified as another gender.
Participants’ gender (n=9,962)
05 Age at time of the survey
Participants were required to be at least 18 years old in order to participate in the survey. Forty percent of participants were aged between 22 and 27. One in three were aged 30 years or older (32%).
Participants’ age at the time of the survey (n=9,037)
06 Residence location
Participants were distributed across all states and territories. The majority (7,305 participants; 86%) were located in major cities. Around one in nine (980 participants; 11%) were located in Inner Regional Australia. The remaining 251 participants (3%) were located in Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote Australia.
State where participants were living at time of the survey (n=9,963)
ABS remoteness area where participants were living at time of the survey (n=8,536)
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