24.7% —
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Christmas Island · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Christmas Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Christmas Island in recent years compared to the rest of the country. Only 24.7% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people moving into Christmas Island is well below the 30.2% seen in other territories, and far below the 40.7% national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Arrivals from overseas are also much lower than most areas, with only 3% of the population arriving recently. This is a little below the 5.6% seen in other territories and far below the Australian figure of 14.5%.
3.0% —
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
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 Christmas Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51710/christmas-island/topic/mobility-location