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Most international cities in Australia

Perth, Australia has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 40.6 % (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021-12-31).

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Australia cities ranked by the published share of foreign residents; definitions remain source-specific.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-04

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Perth, Australia40.6 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
2Darwin, Australia37.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
3Melbourne, Australia36.17 %2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
4Alice Springs, Australia32.9 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
5Brisbane, Australia32 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
6Canberra - Queanbeyan, Australia32 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
7Cairns, Australia31.8 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
8Adelaide, Australia31.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
9Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, Australia27.77 %2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
10Griffith, Australia26.51 %2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
11Sunshine Coast, Australia26.1 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
12Busselton, Australia25.3 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
13Bunbury, Australia25.2 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
14Hervey Bay, Australia24.5 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
15Albany, Australia24.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
16Victor Harbor - Goolwa, Australia24.3 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
17Hobart, Australia24.1 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
18Kalgoorlie - Boulder, Australia23.99 %2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
19Wollongong, Australia23.7 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
20Bowral - Mittagong, Australia23.3 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
21Mackay, Australia22.5 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
22Geelong, Australia21.8 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
23Nelson Bay, Australia21.7 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
24St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point, Australia21.2 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
25Townsville, Australia21.2 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
26Central Coast, Australia21.1 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
27Gladstone - Tannum Sands, Australia20.7 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
28Launceston, Australia20.4 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31
29Nowra - Bomaderry, Australia19.8 %2026-10-04
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
30Bacchus Marsh, Australia19.7 %2026-08-03
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Perth, Australia leads at 40.6 %.
  • Bacchus Marsh, Australia sits at the other end with 19.7 %.
  • The middle of this ranking is 24.4 %, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 20.9 %.

Quick answer

What does Most international cities in Australia show?

Perth, Australia has the highest foreign-resident share of the 30 cities compared: 40.6 % (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published foreign-resident share observation measured in %, ranked highest first. The values were observed in 2021. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2021-08-10 to 2021-12-31
Last checked
2026-10-04
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Most international cities in Australia [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 76d95fe91422a77badf19e57ecc1ebb6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-most-international-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_most-international-cities-in-australia_45899bfcee93,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Most international cities in Australia},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {76d95fe91422a77badf19e57ecc1ebb6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-most-international-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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