28.9% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Carpentaria · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Carpentaria
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Overseas arrivals have dropped significantly since 2011 in Carpentaria, though they still make up a large part of the population. While 17% of people arrived from abroad recently, the area is generally stable with very few residents moving house.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 28.9% of people moved home in the last five years, which is far below the Queensland figure of 44.8%. This level of stability has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 17% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Queensland figure of 13.7%. This is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 24.8%.
17.0% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021404/carpentaria/topic/mobility-location