The total permanent migration program outcome for 2017-18 was 162,417 places.
The program includes a set of programs managed within a ceiling, as well as the Child program which is demand driven and does not have a ceiling.
- The breakdown for those programs within the migration program, under the ceiling, was as follows:
- 111,099 places were delivered in the Skill stream;
- 47,732 places were delivered in the Family stream; and
- 236 places were delivered in the Special Eligibility stream.
- The outcome of Child visas for the year was 3350 places.
This outcome is consistent with the planning ceiling of 190,000 places set through the Government's budget process - with this figure a ceiling, not a target.