50.2% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
2602, ACT · Postcode
Migration & Movement in 2602, ACT
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into postcode 2602 since 2011, with over half the population arriving in the last five years. This high churn makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, though the share of recent overseas arrivals has dipped slightly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This rate is among the highest for similar areas and has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average. This is a little above the ACT figure, though it fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
19.4% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 2602, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2602/2602-act/topic/mobility-location