65.4% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Adelaide · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Adelaide
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly two thirds of people in Adelaide have changed homes recently, making it a highly mobile place to live. This churn is driven by a huge influx of newcomers, with 45% of residents arriving from overseas in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is very common here, as 65.4% of people shifted homes in the last five years. This is far above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Adelaide is a major hub for international arrivals, with 45% of people moving here from overseas. This is far above the 14.5% national average, although the figure fell 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
45.0% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
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/lga/LGA40070/adelaide/topic/mobility-location