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Audiologist 252711
MLTSSLVIC 2026–27 priority: HealthcareAssessed by VETASSESS· Unit group 2527 Audiologists and Speech Pathologists·New to this? Start here
As at November 2026, Audiologist (ANZSCO 252711) is still invited through the subclass 189: the 15 October 2026 round invited it at 70 points, for EOIs with a date of effect up to 29 October 2025 (an estimated 52–55 invitations, 45.6% of its 114 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 85 EOIs (0 at 85+ points), with 530 in 190 and 652 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 190 at 85 points (12 November 2026) and 491 at 80 points (30 April 2026), community reported. Four states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 70–80 over the last 6 rounds, easing.
An EOI is ranked by points, then date of effect. 190 and 491 cut-offs (state nomination) are community reported.
189Skilled Independent
Every round70pts
15 Oct · DOE 29 Oct 2025
19–28 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
4 states list it85pts
12 Nov 2026 · ▲ from 80
26–38 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
4 states list it80pts
30 Apr 2026
14–17 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
EmployerNo points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
19 visas 2024-25
Every pathway at a glance
October 2026 EOI pool. State rows count the 190 and 491 queues together, and one person can hold several EOIs. State scores are community reported.
| Pathway | In queue | At 85+ | Last invited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189Eligible | 85 | 0 | 70 · 15 Oct 2026 |
| NSWopen | 216 | 24 | 190 · 85 · 12 Nov 2026 |
| VICopen | 191 | 25 | – |
| QLDopen | 184 | 24 | 190 · 80 · 18 Feb 2026 |
| WAopen | 180 | 26 | 190 · 85 · 5 Mar 2026 |
| SANot listed | 194 | 25 | – |
| ACTNot listed | 156 | 20 | – |
| TASNot listed | 108 | 12 | – |
| NTNot listed | 104 | 14 | – |
See who gets nominated → community-reported 190 and 491 invitations
Checking your access…
Where do you sit in the 189 queue?
What this means at your score and date of effect
- 70 or more967 EOIs at that score or higher.
- 65Your date of effect decides within the score.
- Below 65Below the recent 189 cut-offs. Check the state lists for nomination.
Subclass 189 wait estimates · October 2026 EOI pool
Not enough recent rounds to compute a wait estimate for this subclass.
How these figures are worked outmethod and limits
189 rank can be estimated from points and DOE; 190 and state/territory-nominated 491 are selected by each jurisdiction under its own policy and priorities, so a national EOI queue rank doesn't apply.
Will I get a 189 invitation as an Audiologist?
Likely at 70 points or more. Invited in 6 recent 189 rounds.
Last 189 round · 15 October 2026
- Cut-off
- 70 pts
- June: 75, so 5 lower
- Date of effect
- invited at 70 up to here
- Est. invited
- 52–55
- Audiologists and Speech Pathologists: 148–157
- Queue invited
- 45.6%
- 52 of 114 at 65+
Cut-off and date of effect: Home Affairs. Invited and queue share: ImmiTrend estimates from the 1 Oct 2026 pool (queue = EOIs at 65+).
All 159 occupations in this round →We predicted 80 for this round. See the scorecard →
189 places this financial year
FY2026-27 · estimatedShared by all 2 occupations in Audiologists and Speech Pathologists, not just Audiologist
810est. ceiling701est. 189 places544–553est. left after 15 Oct
21–22%
109 to 186 / 190 / 491148–157 invited by 189open
15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 70 pts · DOE to 29 Oct 2025
Who shares these places · 2 occupations
| Occupation | Est. invited this FY | EOIs ≥ 70 pts | In pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiologist252711THIS | 52–55 | 25 | 85 |
| Speech Pathologist252712 | 96–102 | 33 | 70 |
| 2527 total | 148–157 | 58 | 155 |
ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 1,061 ceiling, 994 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →
If a round is heldcut-off by round size, custom number, full prediction row
If 10 invited
70DOE ≤ May 26
If 20 invited
70DOE ≤ Oct 26
If 50 invited
65DOE ≤ May 26
If 100 invited
All invited (85)
If 200 invited
All invited (85)
If 500 invited
All invited (85)
If 1000 invited
All invited (85)
Or calculate a custom number
189 prediction — full row
| Last round | Cutoff | Oct 26 | Spots left (FY) | If floor invited | If anchored invited | Active EOIs | At/above | Ceiling remaining |
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| Oct 26 | 70 | 52–55 | 837–846 | 65DOE ≤ June 26 | 65DOE ≤ June 26 | 85 | 25 | 994 |
More 189 chartsqueue age, invitations per round, points gauge
Points reality gaugeyour points against those invited
Point Reality Gauge
- Points are easing. The minimum invited score has moved from 75 to 70 over the past 3 rounds — this can reflect round size, occupation allocation or EOI pool changes.
- Still 5 points above the EOI minimum. Despite easing, Audiologist remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 70 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
- 1 round so far in 2026-27. Audiologist has been invited in 1 invitation round this financial year. The round count alone doesn't indicate future demand or guarantee invitations.
Which state could nominate an Audiologist?
Four states list Audiologist for 2026-27: NSW, VIC, QLD and WA are open.
Program status 2026-27
OpenOnshore onlyOpeningPaused or closedNot listed
New South WalesOpen
190 · since 15 Oct 2026
- This occupation
- Listed for 190 and 491
- 190 + 491 queue
- 216 EOIs · 24 at 85+ · most at 70
- Last invited
- 190 at 85 · 12 Nov 2026 (community)
- Next expected
- Rounds through the year
- Places 2026-27
- 190: – places, 11 used · 491: – places, 0 used
- Grants 2024-25
- 13 × 190 · 3 × 491 · 7 × 186 · 10 × 189
- Note
- NSW Skills List rebuilt to 78 unit groups (16 removed, 15 added). NSW doesn't announce round dates. Allocation not yet published.
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Status from state program pages. Queues: SkillSelect, 10/2026. An EOI can nominate several states, so state queues add up to more than the national totals.
All states as a tablestatus, listing, queue, last cut-off, places, grants
| State | Status | Listed | 190 queue | 491 queue | 85+ | Last cut-off | State places 190 / 491 (all occupations) | 190 + 491 grants | State page |
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| open | 190, 491 | 111 | 105 | 24 | 190 · 85 · 12 Nov 2026 | – / – | 16 | All NSW data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 100 | 91 | 25 | – | 900 / – | 0 | All VIC data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 87 | 97 | 24 | 190 · 80 · 18 Feb 2026 | – / – | 0 | All QLD data | |
| open · onshore only | Not listed | 93 | 101 | 25 | – | – / – | 4 | All SA data | |
| open | 190, 491 | 65 | 115 | 26 | 190 · 85 · 5 Mar 2026 | – / – | 0 | All WA data | |
| open | Not listed | 44 | 64 | 12 | – | 1,250 / 800 | 1 | All TAS data | |
| closed | Not listed | 44 | 60 | 14 | – | – / – | 0 | All NT data | |
| open | Not listed | 71 | 85 | 20 | – | – / – | 0 | All ACT data |
Per-state queue chartspoints distribution, queue trend, invited and lodged
Pick a state above to see its three charts
All eight states · 24 charts
Who gets nominatedcommunity-reported 190 and 491 invitations
From 9 community-reported 190 and 491 invitations for Audiologist, the median was 75 points.
Cut-off history
Where it ranks · 189
Outside top 50 by volume
of 170 occupations invited
▲ Rising
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This occupation · most invited →least invited
115 invites last 2 FY · busiest 8,043 · typical 52
Most consistently invited
invited 4 of 4 roundsOccasional
oldest → newest · filled = invited
Year over year
60last FY · 3 rounds
55so far · 1 round
▲ +175% per roundRound to round · last 2 FY
13
25
22
55
80757570
▲ Rising · invites per round · number under a bar = 189 cut-off
Minimum points invited, by source
Dashed line = the 65-point pass mark
Round History
Source:
| Date | Subclass | Source | Points | Est. Invitations | Salary | DOE / EOI | |
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| 12 Nov 2026 | 190 | NSWAgent | 85 | — | — | — | |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 189 | Federal | 70 | 52–55 | — | 29 Oct 2025 | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | 189 | Federal | 75 | 19–22 | — | — | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | 491 | NSWCommunity | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 5 Mar 2026 | N/A | WAOfficial | 85 | — | — | — | |
| 18 Feb 2026 | 190 | QLDCommunity | 80 | — | — | — | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | N/A | WAOfficial | 95 | — | — | — | |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 491 | Federal | 80 | ~1Est. | — | — |
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- 189Federal70
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·· - N/AWAOfficial85
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How many Audiologist visas are actually granted?
73 skilled visas for Audiologist in 2024-25, the 133rd most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 26–38 × 190, 19–28 × 189, 14–17 × 491 (186 and 494 not yet published).
25-26* is provisional: the full year to June 2026 for 189, 190 and 491 from a Home Affairs data release. The official release with every visa is expected in late 2026.
| Visa | Share of total | 2024-25 | 2025-26* | Change |
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| 73 | — | 0% | ||
45% | 3319–28* | 19–28 | −13% | |
26% | 19 | — | — | |
25% | 1826–38* | 26–38 | −22% | |
4% | 314–17* | 14–17 | — | |
0% | 0 | — | — |
— means last year had fewer than 20 grants. Tap a colour to show or hide its line. The grey area is the total.
Show the numbers for every year
| Year | Total | 186 | 190 | 491 | 189 | 494 |
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| 2015-16 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| 2019-20 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 75 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 38 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 73 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| 2025-26* | — | — | 26–38 | 14–17 | 19–28 | — |
Where they were granted
Planned place to live, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Audiologist 189 grants compares with its usual share of all 189 grants.
- 1NSWAbout usual36% · usually 29%10
- 2VICAbout usual36% · usually 38%10
- 3SAToo few to saytoo few to compare4
- 4WAToo few to saytoo few to compare3
- 5QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare1
- 6TASToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 7ACTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- 8NTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
- More than usual (1.3× or more)
- About usual
- Less than usual (under 0.75×)
- Too few to say (under 10)
Who was granted
Country of citizenship, 2022-23 to 2024-25 combined.
- 1India36.7%
- 2Iran13.1%
- 3China10.9%
- 4South Africa7.2%
- 5Sri Lanka6.8%
Data: July 2015 to June 2025, main applicants only. Occupation is recorded only for main applicants in the Skill stream, so partner, parent, business and 858 visas can't appear here, and temporary visas such as 482 aren't in this data. Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0068 (CC BY). The views expressed are those of ImmiTrend and not necessarily those of the Department.
Your next step
Before you can submit an EOI you need a positive skills assessment from VETASSESS, an English test result and at least 65 points. Study and graduate (485) time in Australia count.
Questions
What points do you need for Audiologist subclass 189?
Audiologist last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 70 points; ranged 70–80 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 70 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 29 October 2025 were invited.
Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Audiologist?
In the 15 October 2026 round, Audiologist EOIs at 75 points or more were invited; at 70 points, those with a date of effect on or before 29 October 2025; at 65 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 52–55 invitations to this occupation (148–157 to unit group 2527), 45.6% of its 114 EOIs at 65+ points.
Is the Audiologist subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?
Easing: across the last 6 189 rounds the Audiologist cut-off ranged 70–80, from 75 (5 September 2024) to 70 (15 October 2026).
Is 85, 90 or 95 points enough to be invited for Audiologist (subclass 189)?
Over Audiologist's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 70–80. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 6 of 6, 85: 6 of 6, 80: 6 of 6, 75: 5 of 6, 70: 1 of 6. At 70 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 29 October 2025 were invited.
What are the latest 190 and 491 cut-offs for Audiologist?
For Audiologist: subclass 190 was last invited at 85 points (12 November 2026). subclass 491 was last invited at 80 points (30 April 2026).
How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Audiologist?
States and territories issue 190 and 491 invitations under their own policies, not national EOI queue order. Check My Score compares your profile with community-reported invited samples for Audiologist; samples may be incomplete.
Which states nominate Audiologist for 190/491?
Audiologist is on the current 190/491 state nomination lists of: NSW, QLD, VIC, WA. State lists and quotas change each program year — check each state's official list.
How many subclass 189 places are likely left this FY2026-27 for Audiologist?
About 544–553 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Audiologists and Speech Pathologists, the unit group's 2 occupations together, Audiologist included, of 701 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.
How often are Audiologist invitation rounds held?
Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Audiologist received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2026-27: subclass 190 invitations on 1 round date and subclass 491 on none (NSW; 85–85 points).
How many Audiologist visas were granted in 2024-25?
73 main applicants: 33 through 189, 19 through 186, 18 through 190 and 3 through 491.
Last updated 12 November 2026Sources:OfficialEstimatedCommunity-reported
EOI snapshot October 2026
Community-reported and estimated figures are indicative and may be incomplete — treat them as a guide, not a guarantee. Official figures come from Home Affairs / SkillSelect.
General information only — not migration advice.
Compiled by ImmiTrend from official SkillSelect data.