25.8% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Bourke · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Bourke
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 18% of people in Bourke arrived from overseas recently, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the town has a strong international presence, far fewer people have moved into the area from other Australian regions compared to the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 25.8% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far below the national average of 40.7%. This is also a drop from 2011, when 32.3% of the population had recently moved.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17.8% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen significantly from 2011, when it sat at 27.7%.
17.8% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Bourke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11150/bourke/topic/mobility-location