Last year the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) released information that showed that over 62,000 non-citizens were living unlawfully in Australia as of June 30, 2014.
A breakdown of the numbers revealed that there was 62,100 people who had stayed in Australia after their visas expired. There were 44, 840 of those who were visiting. There were a further 10,060 that were students and 3,770 that were temporary residents.
The table below lists the number of unlawful non-citizens by their country of nationality.
Estimated number of Unlawful Non‐Citizens (UNC) Table:
| Country of Citizenship | Total |
| China | 7 020 |
| Malaysia | 6 980 |
| United States of America | 5 240 |
| United Kingdom | 3 660 |
| India | 3 010 |
| Indonesia | 2 860 |
| South Korea | 2 690 |
| Philippines | 2 370 |
| Vietnam | 2 150 |
| Thailand | 2 050 |
| Germany | 1 460 |
| France | 1 340 |
| Japan | 1 330 |
| Ireland | 1 170 |
| Tonga | 1 150 |
| Fiji | 990 |
| Canada | 990 |
| Nepal | 970 |
| Italy | 770 |
| Other | 13 880 |
