39.7% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Migration & Movement in Outer Regional Australia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Outer Regional Australia have changed their home in the last five years. This movement is higher than in most similar areas, though it represents a slight drop from levels seen in 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.7% of residents moved house recently, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 40.7%. This is higher than most similar areas, despite the rate falling 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.6% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 14.5%. This is lower than in most similar areas and has fallen 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
13.6% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA32/outer-regional-australia/topic/mobility-location