WTMG Intelligence
Australia Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Australia's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score75.7170
Global RMOS Rank#10 of 171
Migration Momentum66.7
International Migrant Stock8,111,404
Migrant Share29.8%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Australia's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS75.7170
Global rank#10
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 5.8%
Migrant-stock rank#8 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#74 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 66.7 | 25% | 16.6667 |
| Migrant Market Size | 95.9 | 20% | 19.1813 |
| Migrant Share | 90.6 | 15% | 13.5882 |
| GDP per Capita | 93.3 | 15% | 13.9888 |
| GDP Growth | 20.9 | 10% | 2.0904 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 69.5 | 10% | 6.9517 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 5% | 3.2500 |
| Stored final RMOS | 75.7170 | ||
Australia migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Australia Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock8,111,404
2020 migrant stock7,604,850
2015 migrant stock6,733,056
2020-2024 change+506,554 (+6.7%)
2015-2024 change+1,378,348 (+20.5%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Australia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 876,074 | 707,980 | 448,940 | +168,094 (+23.7%) |
| #2 | China | 656,264 | 632,690 | 509,635 | +23,574 (+3.7%) |
| #3 | New Zealand | 588,088 | 583,769 | 575,163 | +4,319 (+0.7%) |
| #4 | Philippines | 356,833 | 305,063 | 241,235 | +51,770 (+17.0%) |
| #5 | Vietnam | 294,435 | 273,771 | 235,732 | +20,664 (+7.5%) |
| #6 | South Africa | 213,447 | 199,994 | 177,482 | +13,453 (+6.7%) |
| #7 | Nepal | 197,472 | 128,651 | 50,235 | +68,821 (+53.5%) |
| #8 | Malaysia | 181,202 | 177,343 | 144,205 | +3,859 (+2.2%) |
| #9 | Sri Lanka | 156,876 | 140,771 | 119,760 | +16,105 (+11.4%) |
| #10 | Italy | 151,684 | 174,147 | 198,440 | -22,463 (-12.9%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Australia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Zealand | 89,129 | 80,634 | 68,984 | +8,495 (+10.5%) |
| #2 | Canada | 26,777 | 26,000 | 30,029 | +777 (+3.0%) |
| #3 | Malta | 22,753 | 13,091 | 6,006 | +9,662 (+73.8%) |
| #4 | Greece | 21,915 | 20,630 | 20,182 | +1,285 (+6.2%) |
| #5 | Italy | 18,314 | 19,237 | 18,983 | -923 (-4.8%) |
| #6 | Singapore | 17,222 | 15,131 | 14,060 | +2,091 (+13.8%) |
| #7 | China | 13,927 | 12,610 | 13,046 | +1,317 (+10.4%) |
| #8 | Japan | 11,962 | 30,721 | 34,359 | -18,759 (-61.1%) |
| #9 | Ireland | 11,165 | 8,883 | 6,602 | +2,282 (+25.7%) |
| #10 | Israel | 3,987 | 3,752 | 3,480 | +235 (+6.3%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
69.5
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 6 covered WTLG cities.
Explore Australia Destination Intelligence on WhereToLiveGuideWTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
65.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 65.0, based on 6 contributing cities.
Australia against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Australia | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 75.7 | 55.8 | +20.0 |
| Migration Momentum | 66.7 | 60.1 | +6.5 |
| Migrant Market Size | 95.9 | 50.3 | +45.6 |
| Migrant Share | 90.6 | 50.0 | +40.6 |
| GDP per Capita | 93.3 | 51.1 | +42.1 |
| GDP Growth | 20.9 | 50.6 | -29.7 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 69.5 | 67.0 | +2.5 |
| Visa Accessibility | 65.0 | 60.0 | +5.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.