38.8% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Griffith · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Griffith
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 30% of people in Griffith arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This high level of international arrival defines the area's movement patterns, even as internal migration remains steady. It is one of the highest rates of recent overseas arrival for its area type.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 38.8% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though the proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 30.3% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen nationally. This proportion has risen by 6.1 percentage points since 2011, placing Griffith among the highest for its level.
30.3% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113011256/griffith/topic/mobility-location