39.0% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 37.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
Over one in five people in Inner Regional Australia arrived from overseas recently, a figure well above the national average. This high level of international migration marks the area as a major hub for new arrivals compared to similar regions. These trends have grown steadily over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 39% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen slightly since 2011, though it remains a little below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.4% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.5%. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas and rose from 18.8% in 2011.
20.4% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.4%
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/RA61/inner-regional-australia/topic/mobility-location