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    Country profile – Brazil

    ​​Population

    At the end of June 2024, 72,920 Brazilian-born people were living in Australia. This is 3 times the number (24,150) at 30 June 2014. This makes the Brazilian-born population the 27th largest migrant community in Australia, equivalent to:

    • 0.9% of Australia's overseas-born population
    • 0.3% of Australia's total population.

    For Australia's Brazilian-born migrants:

    • The median age of 35.2 years was 3.2 years below that of the general population.
    • Females outnumbered males—52.0% compared with 48.0%.

    (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia’s Population by Country of Birth)

    Permanen​​t migration

    Australia's permanent Migration Program comprises economic and family migration and is the main pathway to permanent residence. The only other way to obtain permanent residence is on humanitarian grounds.

    Find out more about permanent migration.​

    This table shows the size of permanent migration from Brazil by migration category.​

    Table 1: Permanent migrant places granted, 2021–22 to 2024–25

    Migration category

    2021–22

    2022–23

    2023–24

    2024–25

    Business Innovation and Investment 1

    <5

    0

    7

    <5

    Employer Sponsored

    774

    1,081

    933

    1,266

    Skilled Independent

    23

    115

    192

    280

    State/Territory Nominated

    197

    398

    289

    348

    Regional

    247

    548

    482

    340

    Global Talent (Independent) 2

    147

    56

    34

    14

    National Innovation 3

    n/a

    n/a

    n/a

    0

    Partner

    1,182

    885

    616

    508

    All other categories 4

    30

    62

    50

    56

    Total places granted

    2,600

    3,145

    2,603

    2,812

    Source: Department of Home Affairs

    1We closed the Business Innovation and Investment Program to new applications on 31 July 2024.
    2We closed the Global Talent visa to new applications on 6 December 2024. We replaced this with the National Innovation visa.
    3The National Innovation visa came into effect on 7 December 2024.
    4Data has been perturbed to protect the privacy of individuals.

    Note: To protect the privacy of individuals, we have applied various data confidentiality techniques. These include:

    • data masking — using primary and secondary suppression methods for values that we deemed to be a disclosure risk
    • perturbation — a data security technique that allows for random data adjustment to prevent the release of identifiable data.

     Temporary migra​​tion

    People can come to Australia for a temporary stay for a range of purposes that may include tourism, study and short-term work.

    Find out more about temporary migration.

    This table shows the number of visa grants from Brazil for Visitor, Student, Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) and Working Holiday Maker visas.​

    Table 2: Temporary visas granted by selected categories, 2021–22 to 2024–25

    Temporary visa category

    2021–22

    2022–23

    2023–24

    2024–25

    Visitor

    8,686

    24,558

    25,634

    26,174

    Student

    8,668

    23,970

    12,835

    14,775

    Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment)

    1,141

    1,843

    1,756

    3,220

    Working Holiday Maker

    n/a

    518

    566

    910

    Other temporary visa grants 1

    2,344

    11,832

    6,035

    3,185

    Total temporary visa grants

    20,839

    62,721

    46,826

    48,264

    Source: Department of Home Affairs

    1Excludes Transit visa (subclass 771), Border visa (subclass 773) and Maritime Crew visa (subclass 988).

    Main occupa​​tions

    The following table shows the main occupations for nationals of Brazil. It is based on Skill stream migration outcomes and Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) visa grants.​

    Table 3: Main occupations, 2021–22 to 2024–25

    Period

    Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) visas

    No. of migrants

    Skill stream migration

    No. of migrants

    2024–25 

    Chefs

    173

    Chefs

    146

    Motor mechanics

    69

    Carpenters and joiners

    95

    Carpenters and joiners

    67

    Painting trades workers

    58

    Cafe and restaurant managers

    65

    Software and applications programmers

    55

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    61

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    50

    Software and applications programmers

    51

    Civil engineering draftspersons and technicians

    46

    Painting trades workers

    44

    Civil engineering professionals

    39

    Civil engineering professionals

    43

    Accountants

    30

    Child carers

    40

    ICT business and systems analysts

    28

    Contract, program and project administrators

    39

    Child carers

    28

    2023–24

    Software and applications programmers

    34

    Chefs

    108

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    30

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    56

    Chefs

    30

    Software and applications programmers

    54

    Civil engineering professionals

    28

    Civil engineering professionals

    32

    Cafe and restaurant managers

    27

    Child carers

    32

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    27

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    30

    Management and organisation analysts

    26

    Accountants

    29

    Electronics trades workers

    21

    Other engineering professionals

    26

    Mining engineers

    20

    Civil engineering draftspersons and technicians

    26

    General practitioners and resident medical officers

    20

    Carpenters and joiners

    25

    2022–23

    Software and applications programmers

    55

    Chefs

    90

    Painting trades workers

    42

    Software and applications programmers

    79

    Chefs

    40

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    48

    Management and organisation analysts

    32

    ICT business and systems analysts

    36

    Cafe and restaurant managers

    30

    Civil engineering professionals

    35

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    30

    Accountants

    28

    ICT business and systems analysts

    26

    Architects and landscape architects

    27

    Auditors, company secretaries and corporate treasurers

    24

    Other engineering professionals

    27

    Mining engineers

    24

    Child care centre managers

    25

    Plasterers

    24

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    24

    2021–22 

    Software and applications programmers

    46

    Software and applications programmers

    66

    Chefs

    31

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    48

    Accountants

    20

    Chefs

    34

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    20

    Accountants

    28

    Management and organisation analysts

    17

    ICT business and systems analysts

    25

    Industrial, mechanical and production engineers

    17

    Cafe and restaurant managers

    21

    ICT business and systems analysts

    17

    Civil engineering professionals

    20

    Other engineering professionals

    16

    Computer network professionals

    18

    Multimedia specialists and web developers

    15

    Advertising and marketing professionals

    17

    Cafe and restaurant managers

    14

    Civil engineering draftspersons and technicians

    17

    Source: Department of Home Affairs

    Note: Occupation level information is available for primary applicants only. It is based on Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations at the unit level.

    Geographic distrib​​​ution

    This table shows where migrants reside by state and territory, based on:

    • 2021 Census
    • permanent additions, for the Skill and Family streams
    • visa grants for:
      • international students
      • Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) visa primary applicants.​
    Table 4: Geographic distribution by state and territory

    Population

    NSW

    Vic

    Qld

    SA

    WA

    Tas

    NT

    ACT

    Census 2021 (%)

    Of all persons

    32

    26

    20

    7

    10

    2

    1

    2

    Of Brazilian-born

    44

    13

    27

    4

    10

    1

    0

    1

    Permanent additions - 2024–25 (%)

    Skill stream

    27

    8

    31

    11

    18

    3

    2

    1

    Family stream

    43

    12

    29

    5

    9

    1

    0

    1

    Temporary visa grants - 2024–25 (%)

    International student visa grants

    43

    6

    38

    6

    5

    0

    0

    1

    Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) visa (primary) grants

    43

    10

    29

    5

    12

    0

    1

    1

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics and Department of Home Affairs

    Note: Permanent additions consist of 2 components:

    • people who, while already in Australia on a temporary basis, are granted permanent residence status
    • people who have subsequently arrived from overseas during the reporting period and are entitled to stay permanently in Australia.

    Country ra​​nking

    This table uses rankings to show the significance of Brazilian migration for the past 4 financial years.​

    Table 5: Country ranking, 2021–22 to 2024–25

    Ranked position of migrants

    2021–22

    2022–23

    2023–24

    2024–25

    Population in Australia 1

    31

    30

    28

    27

    Regional

    12

    10

    12

    16

    Employer Sponsored

    8

    7

    9

    9

    Total Skill stream

    14

    13

    14

    9

    Total Family and Child stream

    10

    12

    14

    19

    International students

    5

    6

    7

    5

    Temporary Resident (Skilled Employment) visa

    12

    11

    11

    9

    Visitors

    24

    25

    26

    26

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics and Department of Home Affairs

    1Population level data is by country of birth and lags one year behind the financial year specified. Data based on the estimated residential population at 30 June 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

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