Immigration to Australia, 1992 & 2002

This pie chart shows the amount of immigration to Australia in 1992. Immigration from Europe and former USSR is the largest group, followed by people from Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. A third of the immigration came from other regions such as South Asia, Oceania, Africa and America.

This pie chart shows the amount of immigration to Australia in 2002. There were nearly twenty thousand immigrants coming from Oceania, which was the largest amount of immigration that year. Nearly half of the immigrants came from Europe, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia altogether. Less than a quarter of  the immigrants came from other regions such as South Asia, Africa and America.

This bar chart compares the number of immigrants to Australia in 1992 and 2002. The number of immigrants from Europe and former USSR dropped by almost ten thousand from 1992 to 2002, which makes this group no longer the largest. Meanwhile, people from Oceania increased by almost ten thousand during this period. 

Refugees scared of citizenship test

Summary:

Refugees stopped seeking citizenship due to their fear of failing Australia's citizenship test. Most of refugees may be traumatised and have little or no education, and this test makes them feel unwanted in Australia. As higher fail rates in refugee group are shown, the government announced a citizenship test review. The level of English used in the test is not suitable for all. Refugees who failed would never do the test again. So the government was welcomed to review the test and make concessions due to the big gap between refugee group and other people.

Being Bilingual Good for the Brain

Summary:

Being bilingual has many benefits such as higher math scores in children, higher salaries for employees and being open to other cultures. There are also many measurable positives brought by speaking two or more languages. For example, it improves memory, decision-making skills, and even preventing Alzheimer's. what's more, being bilingual keeps the brain active in focused thought and solving problems. Bilingual people can switch between task more quickly which results in dementia to appear later.

Languages spoken in Australia

This pie chart shows that English is the most widely used language in Australia, spoken by 80% of the population. Mandarin, spoken by 1.6% of the population, is the most popular language spoken by non-English speaking people in the country. Other minority language include Italian, Arabic, Greek and Cantonese spoken by 1.4%, 1.3%, 1.3% and 1.2% of the population respectively.