28.6% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Broken Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Broken Hill
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A far lower proportion of people have moved house recently in Broken Hill compared to the rest of the country. While only 28.6% of residents moved in the last five years, this stability is offset by a strong influx of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.6% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the figure has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.5% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%. This represents a significant increase from 2011, when the proportion was 14.5%.
20.5% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105021097/broken-hill/topic/mobility-location