Med dagens innvandringstakt vil innfødte australiere være i mindretall i 2025, så stor er innvandringen. 70 prosent av de spurte er mot.

Rising immigration and an ageing population mean migrant families will outnumber Australian-born residents by 2025, says demographic consultancy Macroplan Australia.

According to 2006 census data, 40 per cent of Australia’s population were either born overseas or had at least one parent who was born overseas.

But if immigration continues at current levels, that will jump to more than 50 per cent by 2025.

The news comes days after the appointment of Tony Burke as Australia’s first population minister, given the task of managing the influx of migrants expected to help swell the population to 36 million by 2050 – up from 22 million today.

As he was sworn in, a survey of 3,000 people revealed that 70 per cent of Australians do not want a bigger population, and less than a quarter favoured immigration as the main conributor.

Australian-born familes will be minority in 15 years, claims Macroplan Australia

THE Australian-born family will be a minority social group within 15 years, according to new research.