Points and states
Points Pressure — how pool scores move over time
Pool size tells you how many; this view tells you how strong. It plots the typical points score among submitted EOIs month by month, with a band showing the middle half of the pool, so you can see whether competition at the score level is tightening.
What this view measures
The central line is the median score among submitted EOIs for your selected subclass, optionally narrowed to one occupation. The band around it covers the middle half of the pool, so its width is a measure of how spread out scores are.
Reading the chart
An upward drift in the median means the pool as a whole is scoring higher than it used to. A band that narrows while the median rises means the pool is converging on a higher score — the most competitive shape.
Because bands under 20 EOIs are suppressed, the extremes of the distribution are approximate. The median and the middle half are the parts you can rely on.
What the figure represents
Read it alongside pool size. A pool that is growing and scoring higher at the same time is tightening on both dimensions; one that is growing while the median holds steady is mostly adding people at the usual scores.
In the dashboard
Set the visa first, then decide whether to filter to one occupation. Whole-stream pressure and single-occupation pressure answer different questions, and mixing them up is the usual mistake.
Points Pressure is behind sign in. Occupation Trends, which gives you the size side, is open in the guest trial.
Points Pressure is behind sign in. Occupation Trends for 189 and 190 plus five occupations is open in the guest trial.
For applicants
Use it to see whether your score sits in a rising or a stable neighbourhood. If the median has climbed past you over two years, that is real context — but it is still not a threshold you can plan against.
For migration professionals
This is the chart for the “are 65 points still enough?” conversation. The answer it supports is about distribution and drift, never about a number to aim at.
Limits of this view
It shows the submitted side only unless you switch status, cannot see invited scores in the same line, and cannot predict where the median goes next.
Common questions
Is the median the invitation cut-off?
No. It is the middle score among EOIs sitting in the pool. Invitation scores are decided by rounds the published tables do not describe.
Why is the band wide for some occupations?
A wide band means scores are spread out in that pool. Narrow bands mean most EOIs sit close to the same score.