78.4% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 85.4%
- 2016: 85.2%
- 2021: 78.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
2601, ACT · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 2601, ACT
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move into postcode 2601 than in most other parts of the country. Roughly 78% of residents arrived within the last five years, making it a highly transient area compared to the rest of the ACT and Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 78% of people here moved house in the last five years, a figure far above the 46.1% seen across the ACT. This is among the highest rates of movement for similar areas, though it has fallen by 7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 37.8% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this remains among the highest levels for similar areas, the proportion of new arrivals fell by 29 percentage points since 2011.
37.8% ▼ -43.4%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
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 2601, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2601/2601-act/topic/mobility-location