24.2% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Desert · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Central Desert
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one third of residents in Central Desert arrived from overseas recently, which is far above the national figure. While the area is much less mobile than most other regions, the number of people moving into the area has risen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.2% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure far below both the Northern Territory and the national average. This is much lower than most areas, although the rate rose 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 32.1% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the 14.5% national figure and has risen by 15 percentage points since 2011.
32.1% ▲ +84.4%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
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 Central Desert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70620/central-desert/topic/mobility-location