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[null,"BP0022 Overseas Arrivals and Departures "]
[null,"Overview"]
[null,"This is a report on international travellers arriving in and departing from Australia. These statistics represent the number of international border crossings rather than the number of travellers.\n"]
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[null,"Report Period and Frequency"]
[null,"Report is released monthly and covers the period FY 2024-25 (from 1 July 2024 to 31 May 2025) the most recent month data released by the ABS."]
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[null,"Report Contents"]
[null,"Overview"]
[null,"Arrivals and Departures",null,null,"- Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) (Pivot Table)"]
[null,"Explanatory Notes",null,null,"- Explanatory Notes, Sources and Business Rules"]
[null,"Data Items and Terminology Used",null,null,"- Data Items and Terminology Used"]
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[null,"Caveats"]
[null,"1. All publications and reports using this data must cite the Department of Home Affairs as the source."]
[null,"2. The Department of Home Affairs is not responsible for any analysis or transformation of the data by the requestor in any publications or reports."]
[null,"3. The Department of Home Affairs is entitled to include a statement stating “The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of "]
[null,"    the Department of Home Affairs” in such a published report. "]
[null,"4. To the extent permitted by law, the Commonwealth excludes all liability for loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information contained in this workbook whether or not caused by"]
[null,"    any negligence on the part of the Commonwealth or its agents."]
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[null,"Further Information"]
[null,"Further information about these and related statistics are available from the Department of Home Affairs website:"]
[null,"www.homeaffairs.gov.au"]
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[null,"To provide feedback or report issues, please contact:"]
[null,"Statistical Coordination"]
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[null,"© Commonwealth of Australia"]

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["BP0022 Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) - 2024-25 to 31 May 2025"]
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["Age Group","(All)"]
["Country of Citizenship","(All)"]
["Country of (Dis)Embarkation","(All)"]
["Country of (Intended) Residence","(All)"]
["Financial Year","2024-25"]
["Gender","(All)"]
["(Intended) Length of Stay","(All)"]
["Main Reason for Travel","(All)"]
["Move Direction","(All)"]
["State/Territory of (Intended) Residence","(All)"]
["Travel Mode","(All)"]
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["Sum of Movements Count","Month"]
["Category of Traveller","2024-07-31","2024-08-31","2024-09-30","2024-10-31","2024-11-30","2024-12-31","2025-01-31","2025-02-28","2025-03-31","2025-04-30","2025-05-31","Grand Total"]
["Long-term resident departure",26436,31624,19630,20619,21184,25800,42521,19504,23315,24455,18736,273824]
["Long-term resident return",11537,11348,11246,11720,11840,21709,12715,11822,12552,10886,9548,136923]
["Long-term visitor arrival",98219,56937,58279,52915,52403,48781,102235,133037,61240,56390,56989,777425]
["Long-term visitor departure",26734,25370,27141,31272,34380,54945,42636,28370,31002,28604,26310,356764]
["Settler arrival",10194,12489,12157,12319,14897,14252,13457,14754,13541,10443,11739,140242]
["Short-term resident departure",985326.9125999786,947811.45940003,1171428.063400014,964408.1302999972,962879.9230999758,1452171.91979997,1041921.8897000207,764103.8672999722,873534.7633000155,1169692.7632999877,1010939.6396999967,11344219.331899958]
["Short-term resident return",1146340.628000217,916888.36699983,1020957.1229999929,1184897.8490002414,931990.6480001148,823000.9019999402,1544888.445999609,923356.0089999444,840079.4620001117,1044528.8260001687,970062.8329998677,11346991.093000038]
["Short-term visitor arrival",658968.2049999861,658807.754000048,630696.4470000403,677410.977999997,695362.2359999031,945282.6660001824,710039.0209999816,787765.745000004,761234.6460001229,641145.3410000413,611177.0909999813,7777890.130000287]
["Short-term visitor departure",612032.778200006,689632.4823999978,578343.5464000009,641869.1549000164,757889.8445999799,729098.5187000368,903975.1052999888,705933.1086000117,741531.2868999763,703032.5091000035,623758.5774999905,7687096.912600009]
["Grand Total",3575788.5238001877,3350908.062799906,3529878.179800048,3597431.1122002513,3482826.6516999737,4115041.006500129,4414388.461999601,3388645.729899932,3358030.1582002267,3689177.4394002017,3339260.141199836,39841375.46750029]

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[null,"Explanatory Notes"]
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[null,"Data Sources"]
[null,"Administrative information on persons arriving in, or departing from, Australia is collected via the Department's administrative systems and incoming passenger cards."]
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[null,"Business Rules"]
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[null,"A sampling methodology has been applied to this dataset. This method means that data will not replicate, exactly data released by the ABS, but the differences should be negligible."]
[null,"Due to ‘Return to Source’ limitations, data supplied to ABS from non-Home Affairs sources are also excluded. "]
[null,"Overseas arrivals and departures statistics relate to all recorded movements of travellers who cross Australia's international border. The statistics record the number of movements of travellers "]
[null,"rather than the number of travellers (i.e. multiple movements of an individual traveller during a given reference period are each counted separately)."]
[null,"The statistics exclude the movements of operational air and ships' crew, of transit passengers who pass through Australia but are not cleared for entry (including some defence force personnel), "]
[null,"and of passengers on pleasure cruises commencing and finishing in Australia."]
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[null,"November 2024 data revised"]
[null,"In January 2025, the ABS identified a data quality issue affecting the state and territory of stay/residence data item for November 2024."]
[null,"The ABS reprocessed and revised Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for November 2024."]
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[null,"For further information please visit:",null,null,"Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia"]
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[null,"© Commonwealth of Australia"]

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[null,"Data Items and Terminology Used"]
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[null,"Age Group","Age Group at travel date - applied to measure certain cohort's travel movements."]
[null,"Category of traveller","Overseas Arrivals and Departures data are classified according to length of stay (in Australia or overseas), as recorded by travellers on passenger cards, or "]
[null,null,"derived with reference to previous border crossings. "]
[null,"Long-term resident departure","Australian residents who state that they intend to stay abroad for 12 months or more."]
[null,"Long-term resident return","Arrival of a person identified on the Incoming Passenger Card as an Australian resident who has been overseas for 12 months or "]
[null,null,"more since their last departure from Australia."]
[null,"Long-term visitor arrival","Overseas visitors who state that they intend to stay in Australia for 12 months or more."]
[null,"Long-term visitor departure","Overseas visitors departing after a recorded stay of 12 months or more in Australia."]
[null,"Settler arrival ","Settler arrivals comprise:"]
[null,null,"    (a) travellers who arrive on a permanent migrant visas for the first time; "]
[null,null,"    (b) New Zealand citizens who indicate for the first time an intention to migrate permanently; "]
[null,null,"    (c) those who are otherwise eligible to settle e.g., overseas born children of Australian citizens."]
[null,"Short-term resident departure","Australian residents who state that they intend to stay abroad for less then 12 months."]
[null,"Short-term resident return","Arrival of a person identified on the Incoming Passenger Card as an Australian resident who has been overseas"]
[null,null,"for less than 12 months since their last departure from Australia."]
[null,"Short-term visitor arrival","Overseas visitors who state that they intend to stay in Australia for 12 months or less."]
[null,"Short-term visitor departure ","Overseas visitors departing after a recorded stay of 12 months or less in Australia."]
[null,"Country of Citizenship","The country of citizenship of the visa applicant or visa holder. Where a visa applicant or visa holder has more than one citizenship country, either the citizenship of "]
[null,null,"the travel document or the citizenship nominated by the visa applicant is used."]
[null,"Country of (Dis)Embarkation","Country of embarkation is collected from flight information, or from travellers' passenger cards. "]
[null,"Country of (Intended) Residence","Country of residence/stay is collected from the country a traveller indicates on their passenger card.\n\n"]
[null,null,"    (a) For overseas visitors to Australia, it is their country of residence prior to travel."]
[null,null,"    (b) For Australian residents, it is the country in which they spent most time abroad."]
[null,"Financial Year","Financial Year recorded for statistical reporting."]
[null,"Gender","Male or Female as recorded in passport or visa information - all records are fully imputed for this variable."]
[null,"Length of Stay","On arrival in Australia, all overseas visitors are asked to state their 'Intended length of stay in Australia'."]
[null,"Main Reason for Travel","Overseas visitors/temporary entrants and Australian residents returning to Australia are asked to state their main reason for journey - Convention/conference, business, "]
[null,null,"visiting friends/relatives, holiday, employment, education and other."]
[null,"Movement Direction","Direction of travel - arrival or departure."]
[null,"State/Territory of (Intended) Residence","On arrival, overseas visitors are asked on their passenger card for their state or territory of intended address in Australia. Residents returning to Australia are asked on their "]
[null,null,"passenger card for their state or territory of intended address."]
[null,"Travel Mode","Mode of transport - air or sea."]
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[null,"© Commonwealth of Australia"]