Austria
In 2025, the Home Office granted 444 study visas to nationals of Austria, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of Austria in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 5 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas384 grants
Includes family members of workers, and seasonal and other short work visas.
Study visas444 grants
Includes family members of students.
Family visas50 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas0 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas19 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes878 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 384 + 444 + 50 + 0. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens did not need a visa to move to the UK until the end of 2020, so their visa figures are close to zero before 2021.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 320 |
| 2022 | 376 |
| 2023 | 391 |
| 2024 | 342 |
| 2025 | 384 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Austria. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Austria. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Austria. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
Austria
Not published
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (2)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Austria. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Austria. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsAustria and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Austria
2001 census · UNdata [1]
- Armenian Apostolic1,824 people
- Baha'i760 people
- Baptist2,108 people
- Buddhist10,402 people
- Catholic764 people
- Christengmeinschaft1,152 people
- Church of England2,317 people
- Evangelical4,892 people
- Greek Oriental1,089 people
- Greek Orthodox18,533 people
- Hindu3,629 people
- Islam338,988 people
- Jehovah Witness23,206 people
- Jewish8,140 people
- Latter Day Saints2,236 people
- Mennonite381 people
- Methodist1,263 people
- New Apostolic4,217 people
- Old Catholic Church14,621 people
- Orthodox159,115 people
- Protestant376,150 people
- Roman Catholic5,915,421 people
- Seventh Day Adventist4,220 people
- Shinto123 people
- Sikh2,794 people
- Unification297 people
- Other Religions1,745 people
- No Religion963,263 people
- Not Specified160,662 people
- Christian Community1,428 people
- Free Christian Community7,186 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Austria, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2001. UNdata lists it as received in 2003.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of Austria in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 384 work, 444 study, 50 family, 0 safe route and 19 other visas to nationals of Austria, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of Austria claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 5 nationals of Austria claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of Austria arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Austria were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.