30.2% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 79% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Migration & Movement in Very Remote Australia
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Few people have moved into Very Remote Australia recently, with only 30.2% of residents changing homes in the last five years. This figure is far below the national average of 40.7%, though the proportion of movers has risen since 2011. Overall, the region sees very little movement from either within Australia or from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.2% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much lower than most similar areas. While this is 10 percentage points below the Australian figure, the proportion of movers rose by 6.4 points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up just 5.4% of the population, which is among the lowest figures for this kind of area. This is well below the national average of 14.5% and has barely changed since 2011.
5.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 98% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA94/very-remote-australia/topic/mobility-location