72.9% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 72.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Docklands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Docklands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 73% of people in Docklands have moved house in the last five years, making it one of the most transient areas in the region. This high churn is mirrored by a huge proportion of recent overseas arrivals, with 41.9% of residents arriving from abroad in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The movement of people into Docklands is far above the national figure, with 72.9% of residents arriving in the last five years. This figure has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Arrivals from overseas are also far above the state and national averages, reaching 41.9%. This represents one of the highest proportions of recent migrants among similar areas, despite a slight fall of 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
41.9% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
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 Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041118/docklands/topic/mobility-location