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Statistics on people seeking asylum in the community

Western Australia

The graphs on this page show the nationalities, ages, genders and postcodes of people living in Western Australia.

There are relatively few people living in Western Australia on bridging E visas. As elsewhere, they tend to live near the main city. You can zoom on this map to see the postcodes where they live.

Most people are from Sri Lanka, Vietnam or Afghanistan.

They are mostly young, with most under 36.

As in other States, most of them are male.

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