53.1% —
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canberra · Federal Electorate
Migration & Movement in Canberra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A shrinking share of overseas arrivals marks the recent trend in Canberra, though the area remains highly mobile. More than half of the population moved house in the last five years, reflecting a very transient community compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over half of the people in Canberra moved house in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This figure rose 5 points since 2016 and is well above the ACT average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. While this is well above the national figure, the share of new arrivals fell 3.3 points since 2011.
20.6% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED802/canberra/topic/mobility-location