National new citizen enrolment rate

Updated: 5 March 2024

The percentage of new citizens enrolled within three and six months of attending a citizenship ceremony compared to the total number of new citizens estimated to be eligible to enrol. The new citizen enrolment rate measures enrolment over three and six month periods following the citizenship ceremonies. This means the rates reported below are for a period ending either three or six months prior to publication.

The national target for new citizen enrolment is 95%.

National new citizen enrolment rate
Citizenship ceremony in quarter ending New citizens Enrolled within three months of citizenship ceremony Enrolled within six months of citizenship ceremony
31 December 2023   To be reported April 2024 To be reported July 2024
30 September 2023 50,220 76.3% To be reported April 2024
30 June 2023 41,771 79.5% 90.7%
31 March 2023 43,215 83.9% 92.7%
31 December 2022 27,084 67.9% 92.2%
30 September 2022 46,269 81.0% 89.9%
30 June 2022 40,452 63.1% 73.1%
31 March 2022 30,824 87.4% 90.6%
31 December 2021 30,682 85.9% 94.4%
30 September 2021 36,142 80.8% 94.9%
30 June 2021 35,232 80.9% 88.6%
31 March 2021 24,557 72.6% 83.3%
31 December 2020 11,907 58.2% 68.9%
30 September 2020 45,465 64.9% 85.6%
30 June 2020 37,985 63.8% 79.2%
31 March 2020 42,099 89.7% 92.0%
31 December 2019 46,659 95.1% 96.0%
30 September 2019 41,947 94.6% 95.2%
30 June 2019 27,551 85.6% 88.5%
31 March 2019 37,210 96.5% 96.9%
31 December 2018 18,991 93.9% 95.6%
30 September 2018 22,017 92.5% 94.0%
30 June 2018 15,878 92.0% 93.0%
31 March 2018 20,295 93.7% 94.6%
31 December 2017 8,432 89.0% 90.1%
30 September 2017 22,395 96.0% 96.6%
30 June 2017 34,409 95.6% 96.5%
31 March 2017 31,065 93.7% 94.7%
31 December 2016 19,686 92.2% 93.4%
30 September 2016 29,628 85.7% 88.3%