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NovenAI Monthly EOI Brief

February 2025

Dated evidence snapshot

NovenAI monthly direct answer

Life Scientist (General)ANZSCO 234511 EOI competition report, February 2025

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Life Scientist (General) (ANZSCO 234511) had283 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of February 2025. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.

The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 538. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs
283
Three-status total
538
Largest combined band
85points

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What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 52.6 percent of the three-status total and is the principal component across the selected statuses. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

EOI volume is spread across more score bands, with no majority contained in the largest three. The 85-point band contains 12.5 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 85, 65, 70 points contain 34.6 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: VIC 130; 491: NSW 100. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs increased from 275 in January 2025 to 283 in February 2025, a change of 8 EOIs or approximately 2.9 percent month on month.

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See the distribution behind the brief

Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Life Scientist (General)

NovenAI separates Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses so different stages are not mistaken for one active competition pool.

View accessible data table
ScoreSubmittedLodgedClosed
301000
350010
400010
450010
50000
5510010
6010010
65411010
7048010
75321010
80351010
85471010
90202210
95101023
100101010
105101010
1100010

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Monthly subclass 189 EOI status trend

Each month is a separate SkillSelect snapshot, not a cumulative total carried forward from earlier months.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 190 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 491 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

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Questions answered by this monthly evidence

How concentrated is the subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Life Scientist (General)?

EOI volume is spread across more score bands, with no majority contained in the largest three. NovenAI calculates that 85 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 67 EOIs or 12.5 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 85, 65, 70 points, containing 186 EOIs or 34.6 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs increased from 275 in January 2025 to 283 in February 2025, a change of 8 EOIs or approximately 2.9 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

Which states lead the subclass 190 and 491 Submitted EOI data?

For February 2025, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that VIC has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 130; NSW has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 100. These are EOI volumes, not state nomination allocations, invitation outcomes or an individual's likelihood of invitation.

How does NovenAI standardise and interpret SkillSelect EOI data?

NovenAI standardises the official data by occupation, visa subclass, status, score band, state and snapshot month. This report covers 2 available snapshots and 16 subclass 189 score bands with data. When the official source suppresses a cell below 20, NovenAI uses 10 as the analytical estimate, so the results are not exact application-by-application counts.

Data snapshot: February 2025. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.