29.9% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Pirie · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Port Pirie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Port Pirie recently compared to other parts of the country. Only 29.9% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a very stable population with few newcomers arriving from either other towns or overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 29.9% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 40.7%. This rate has fallen slightly since 2011 and is much lower than most similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 9.9% of the population, which is well below the South Australian figure of 15.1%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46450/port-pirie/topic/mobility-location