Last week the latest Census data was released and portrayed a changing Australia. For the first time ever, Australia has closer ties with Asian countries than European states with higher migration, language and ancestry. Despite England and New Zealand being the top countries of birth, China, India and Philippines make up the remainder of the top 5 and 20 per cent of the overseas born population. Migrants born in Asia have gone from 24 per cent to 40 per cent in just 15 years.