46.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 83% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
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.
Nearly half of all residents in the Major Cities of Australia have moved house in the last five years. This high level of movement reflects a more mobile population compared to the rest of the country, with 46.1% of people changing their address recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is much more common here than in most other areas, with 46.1% of people moving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7% and has risen by 3.5 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 3.3 points since 2011.
16.7% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA80/major-cities-of-australia/topic/mobility-location