I reported earlier this week that the number of temporary visa holders in Australia (excluding visitors) hit a record high of 2,547,000 in the September quarter of 2025, up 83,200 on the prior year’s record:
The share of Australia’s population on temporary visas has also ballooned to a record high of 9.2%, up from 7.2% in Q3 2022 just after Labor came to office and from the previous peak of 7.8% just prior to the pandemic.
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The single largest contributor to the surge in temporary migrants since the pandemic are bridging visas, which rose by 201,300 between Q3 2019 and Q3 2025:
