14.0% —
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
West Daly · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in West Daly
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge 21.4% of West Daly residents arrived from overseas recently, making the area much more internationally diverse than the national average. However, the region is very stable for locals, as very few people have changed their home in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 14% of people moved house in the last five years, a figure far below the Northern Territory's 42%. This is among the lowest rates for any similar area, though it did rise slightly from 11.3% in 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The proportion of recent overseas arrivals is 21.4%, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.5%. This is about the same as the Territory average, but the number has fallen sharply from 45.9% in 2016.
21.4% —
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 West Daly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA74680/west-daly/topic/mobility-location