43.1% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Migration & Movement in Remote Australia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Frequent moves are a common part of life in Remote Australia, where 43.1% of people have changed homes in the last five years. This is much higher than most other areas and sits slightly above the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 43.1% of the population moved in the last five years, which is a much higher rate than most similar areas. This figure has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People who arrived from overseas recently make up 14.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a big drop from 2011, when the rate was 26.4%.
14.7% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA53/remote-australia/topic/mobility-location