69.7% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 72.9%
- 2021: 69.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Carlton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Carlton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Carlton is one of the most mobile areas in the region, with a huge proportion of its people having changed homes recently. Nearly 70% of residents moved within the last five years, contributing to a highly transient population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 70% of people here moved house in the last five years, a figure far above the 40.7% national average. This rate has risen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 46.3% of the population, which is far above the 14.5% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for any similar area, though it fell by 10 percentage points since 2011.
46.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 46.3%
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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041117/carlton/topic/mobility-location