Visitor Visa Grants by Citizenship, Location, and Subclass, Quarterly

Australian Department of Home Affairs data on Visitor visas granted, released quarterly. The de-identified statistics include dimensions for financial year, quarter, month, client location, citizenship country, and visa subclass. The dataset was republished in 2024 following a privacy review and risk assessment.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal tourism trends based on the quarter and month of visa grant.
• Model visa application volumes by citizenship country for forecasting.
• Compare visa subclass usage across different client locations.
• Track policy impact over time based on financial year trends.

Strengths

• Data is published quarterly, allowing for regular updates.
• Includes multiple analytical dimensions: time, location, citizenship, and visa subclass.
• Dataset has undergone a documented privacy review and risk assessment.
• Available in multiple accessible formats: PDF, CSV, and XLSX.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal or geographic bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Department of Home Affairs, Australia.

Collection Method

Administrative records from the visitor visa program.

Freshness

Quarterly; last updated 2026-04-23.

Geography

Client location and citizenship country data suggest a global scope with a focus on Australia.