46.1% —
Higher than 69% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Australian Capital Territory · Capital City
Migration & Movement in Australian Capital Territory
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 46% of people in the Australian Capital Territory changed their home in the last five years. This high rate of movement means the territory is much more mobile than the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.1% of residents moved house recently, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has risen slightly since 2016, when the figure was 44.8%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 16.7% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.5%. However, this proportion has fallen from 21.3% in 2016.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Australian Capital Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/8ACTE/australian-capital-territory/topic/mobility-location