Living in Australia

Australia sits among the best-paying countries in the world, and most of what you earn stays with you after tax. The cost of living is high to match, yet the pay outpaces the prices by enough to leave real room to save and build something. Getting hired takes more than showing up. The market is well established, so a newcomer has to make the case for their experience, but English is the working language and a solid track record travels well. Care work, IT, and engineering are among the fields most accustomed to hiring from abroad.

Australia hosts more migrants than any other country in its region. Some 8.1M residents — 30% of the population — were born overseas, the most in Oceania by a wide margin. The mix is broad and global, led by 1.1M from the United Kingdom, with India and China close behind. The foreign-born population has grown 21% over the decade, and against a small diaspora of about 431,000, Australia remains decisively a country people move to.