33.1% —
Lower than 84% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rest of NT · Capital City
Migration & Movement in Rest of NT
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into the Rest of NT recently compared to most other areas, though it remains a significant hub for new arrivals from abroad. While only 33.1% of residents moved in the last five years, nearly one quarter of the population arrived from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the 42% seen across the Northern Territory, though it has risen slightly since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.2% of the population, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.5%. While this is higher than most similar areas, the proportion of new arrivals fell by 3.2 percentage points since the last census.
24.2% —
Higher than 74% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 Rest of NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7RNTE/rest-of-nt/topic/mobility-location