38.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Migration & Movement in Major Cities of Australia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Changing addresses is a common part of life for those in the Major Cities of Australia, with 38.3% of people moving home in the last five years. This level of movement is slightly lower than the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.3% of residents moved home since 2016, a figure that is a little below the Australian average of 40.7%. This proportion of people changing homes has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.8% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 14.5%. However, this proportion has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
15.8% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA40/major-cities-of-australia/topic/mobility-location