40.9% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 40.9%
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.
About 40.9% of people in Inner Regional Australia have changed their home in the last five years. This reflects a high level of movement compared to most similar areas. While many people are moving within the country, fewer are arriving from overseas than in previous years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Four in ten residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national rate of 40.7%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.6% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
12.6% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
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/RA31/inner-regional-australia/topic/mobility-location