20.0% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
MacDonnell · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in MacDonnell
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in three people in MacDonnell arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international arrival contrasts with a very low rate of people moving houses within Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 20% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the 42% seen across the Northern Territory. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, despite a small rise since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 32.9% of the population, far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest levels for this type of area, the proportion fell slightly from 37.1% in 2011.
32.9% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.9%
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 MacDonnell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72330/macdonnell/topic/mobility-location