New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that India has officially surpassed England as the top country of birth for overseas-born Australians, with 971,000 Indian-born residents.

Demographer Mark McCrindle joined Dean & Sofie on 4BC Breakfast to explain that this permanent shift, driven by skilled visas and international students, is bringing new cultural influences, denser living, and multi-generational households to cities like Melbourne and Sydney.