Defining cohorts from settlement data
The Settlement Database (SDB) contains migrants who entered Australia in or after 2000 on a permanent visa or a visa which is a pathway to a permanent visa. The cohort includes migrants who arrived until 2020, although a very small number of migrants who arrived in early 2021 were also included. Each record in the SDB has an associated visa subclass which identifies the specific visa granted. Visa subclasses were assigned to visa streams to identify whether the record was a permanent humanitarian migrant or another permanent migrant (skilled, family and other). See Table 1.1 for the visa subclass groupings for permanent humanitarian entrants and other permanent migrants used in this analysis. Where there were duplicated files identified in the SDB the file that was selected for inclusion in this analysis was the record with the latest grant date to ensure the most recent visa class is selected.
| Visa Stream | Visa Subclasses |
|---|---|
| Humanitarian | 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 809, 815, 817, 851 |
| Family | 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 11 8, 143, 173, 300, 309, 310, 445, 801, 802, 804, 806, 808, 812, 814, 820, 826, 831, 835, 836, 837, 838, 859, 864, 884 |
| Skilled | 105, 106, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 175, 176, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 475, 476, 485, 487, 489, 491, 494, 495, 496, 805, 816, 818, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 855, 856, 857, 858, 861, 862, 863, 880, 881, 882, 885, 886, 887, 888, 890, 891, 892, 893 |
| Other | 111, 150, 151, 152, 154, 803, 832, 833, 850, 866, APV |
Note: Humanitarian visa subclass 851 may include a small number of Special Assistance visa and Resolution of Status (RoS) visa holders. These RoS visa holders do not include former holders of Temporary Protection visas (TPV) and Safe Haven Enterprise visas (SHEV).
The humanitarian entrant cohort for this analysis includes only those granted offshore humanitarian visas and excludes those were granted protection visas onshore.
The SDB is limited to permanent migrants who arrived on or after the year 2000, therefore the migration cohorts do not include any permanent migrants who arrived before 2000. This should be considered when interpreting the outcomes presented in this report. It is assumed that records that do not link to the SDB are not permanent migrants who arrived on or after 2000. Due to high linkage rates of the SDB to the spine it is expected this is a valid assumption.
The rest of the Australian population will also include permanent migrants who arrived in Australia prior to the year 2000 and children born in Australia to permanent visa holders.
The study cohort are all eligible for Medicare.