45.7% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Katherine · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Katherine
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of the people in Katherine have changed their address in the last five years. This high rate of movement makes it a very mobile area, with many residents arriving from both other parts of Australia and from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 45.7% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above the national figure of 40.7%, though the rate has fallen 4.2 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 21.8% of the population, a figure well above the Australian average of 14.5%. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average, though it has dipped slightly since 2011.
21.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.8%
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 Katherine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72200/katherine/topic/mobility-location