Indian Population in Australia: Latest ABS 2025 Data
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The latest ABS country-of-birth release estimates 971,020 India-born residents in Australia at 30 June 2025. The estimate is preliminary and measures country of birth—not Indian citizenship, ancestry, language, religion or everyone who identifies as Indian Australian. Check the current official source again before lodging, booking or paying.
The NovenAI Data Team checked the latest ABS estimated resident population release and preserved its reference date and preliminary status.
Based on official sources: ABS Australia population by country of birth, June 2025What the official number measures
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated 971,020 residents born in India at 30 June 2025. India was the largest overseas-born group for the first time on record, narrowly above England-born residents. The India-born group represented about 3.5% of Australia’s total estimated resident population.
Why “Indian population” needs a definition
Country of birth is one defensible measure, but it excludes Australian-born children of Indian families and includes people with different citizenships or identities who were born in India. An ancestry measure from the Census answers a different question and should not be added to the country-of-birth estimate.
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Date and revision status
The reference date is 30 June 2025 and the release date was 29 April 2026. ABS labels the 2025 estimates preliminary, so later revisions may change the number. Always attach both the reference date and the measure to a headline figure.
What cannot be inferred
The number does not show how many people hold permanent visas, are eligible for citizenship, intend to remain, live in a particular city or work in a nominated occupation. Those questions require different official datasets.
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Official references: ABS Australia population by country of birth, June 2025; ABS estimated resident population methodology. Recheck the live source immediately before lodging or paying because rules, fees and published data can change.
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