47.3% —
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Adelaide · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Adelaide
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Adelaide moved house within the last five years, making it a very mobile area. This high turnover is driven by a strong influx of new people, including a very large proportion of arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.3% of people have moved in the last five years, a figure that is far above the South Australian average of 36.9%. This level of movement is much higher than most similar areas and rose slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 25.8% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this is among the highest rates for this type of area, it fell 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
25.8% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED401/adelaide/topic/mobility-location