29.4% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Southern Mallee · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Southern Mallee
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved here from overseas than in most similar areas, making Southern Mallee a notable hub for international arrivals. While about 34% of residents arrived from abroad recently, the local population is generally very stable, with few people moving house within the last few years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 29.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the South Australian rate of 36.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 34.1% of the population, a figure far above the national rate of 14.5%. This is among the highest proportions for this level of area, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
34.1% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
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 Southern Mallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA47290/southern-mallee/topic/mobility-location