28 metrics
Migration
Official statistics covering immigration, emigration, visas, asylum, small boat arrivals, detention, returns and related measures.
- Net migration2025 · down 48.3% on a year earlier171,000people
- Immigration2025 · down 19.7% on a year earlier813,000people
- Emigration2025 · down 5.6% on a year earlier642,000people
- Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 202159,597,542people
- Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 201156,075,912people
- Asylum claims from unaccompanied children2026 Q2 · down 17.7% on a year earlier955people
- Asylum refusals by nationality2026 Q2 · down 33.5% on a year earlier12,970people
- Returns by destination group2026 Q2 · up 9.7% on a year earlier14,594returns
- Work visas grantedYear ending June 2026 · down 17.8% on a year earlier234,841visas
- Study visas grantedYear ending June 2026 · down 11.4% on a year earlier385,974visas
- Family visas grantedYear ending June 2026 · down 18.5% on a year earlier57,590visas
- Visitor visas grantedYear ending June 2026 · down 1.5% on a year earlier2,185,158visas
- Entry clearance visas granted (all types)Year ending June 2026 · down 5.0% on a year earlier2,932,329visas
- People offered safe and legal (humanitarian) routesYear ending June 2026 · down 12.3% on a year earlier124,930people
- Asylum claimsYear ending June 2026 · down 20.9% on a year earlier85,891people
- Initial decisions on asylum claimsYear ending June 2026 · up 2.4% on a year earlier115,872people
- Asylum grants at initial decisionYear ending June 2026 · down 20.7% on a year earlier42,394people
- Asylum grant rate at initial decisionYear ending June 2026 · down 10.1 points on a year earlier38.1%
- Asylum backlogYear ending June 2026 · down 55.8% on a year earlier40,168people
- Asylum seekers receiving supportYear ending June 2026 · down 12.0% on a year earlier93,293people
- Asylum seekers accommodated in hotelsYear ending June 2026 · down 50.0% on a year earlier16,021people
- Asylum-related returnsYear ending June 2026 · up 13.9% on a year earlier12,568returns
- Small boat arrivalsYear ending June 2026 · down 22.9% on a year earlier33,374people
- People entering immigration detentionYear ending June 2026 · up 1.7% on a year earlier22,037entries
- People in immigration detentionYear ending June 2026 · up 19.0% on a year earlier2,152people
- Enforced returnsYear ending June 2026 · up 6.5% on a year earlier9,669returns
- Voluntary returnsYear ending June 2026 · up 8.9% on a year earlier30,936returns
- Small boat arrivals (weekly)Week ending 23 August 2026 · down 38.3% on a year earlier250people