Deeper look
State Strategy — crowd against invitation activity
Pool size alone says nothing about movement, and that is as true by jurisdiction as by occupation. This view sets each jurisdiction’s invited count against its submitted pool, so you can see where invitation activity has been visible relative to the crowd.
What this view measures
Jurisdictions are ranked by the relationship between EOIs holding an invitation and EOIs still submitted, with both absolute counts printed beside the ratio.
Reading the chart
Always read the absolute counts next to the rank. A jurisdiction with 30 submitted and 8 invited will outrank one with 6,000 submitted and 900 invited, and the second is by far the more consequential.
Filtering to a single occupation makes the denominators much smaller and the ranking much noisier. The whole-stream view is the more stable reading.
What the figure represents
A jurisdiction where invited counts are not microscopic against the pool had visible activity in that snapshot. That is a question to take to its program pages, not an answer in itself.
In the dashboard
Set the visa to 190 or 491 and leave the occupation empty for the stable whole-stream ranking. Add an occupation only when you understand how thin the resulting numbers get.
This view is behind sign in. Occupation Trends on 190 is open in the guest trial.
State Strategy is behind sign in. Occupation Trends for 189 and 190 plus five occupations is open in the guest trial.
For applicants
Use the rank as a question — why does this jurisdiction look relatively active for my subclass? — and then leave the chart entirely for the official program pages, which are where eligibility is decided.
For migration professionals
Present it as relative context for client education, always with the absolute figures visible, and keep nomination strategy anchored to published program rules rather than to this ranking.
Limits of this view
Small denominators inflate ratios, suppression blurs fine comparisons, and the view has no knowledge of program criteria, opening dates or nomination volumes.
Common questions
Does the top-ranked state nominate most easily?
No. A high ratio often just means a small pool. Nomination difficulty depends on program criteria that are published by each jurisdiction, not by SkillSelect.