38.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Migration & Movement in Inner Regional Australia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A steady flow of new residents shapes daily life in Inner Regional Australia, where 38.5% of people have moved house in the last five years. This reflects a modest but growing trend of people relocating to these areas, including a rising number of arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.5% of people here changed homes in the last five years, a figure that is a little below the national mark of 40.7%. This movement has crept up slightly since 2011, when the figure sat at 37.2%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.1% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas. This represents a small increase from 10.5% in 2011 and sits a little below the Australian average of 14.5%.
12.1% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/mobility-location