35.1% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Adelaide · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Port Adelaide
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving into Port Adelaide compared to other parts of the country. About 35% of residents have moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure. This stability suggests a settled population where most people stay put for longer.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 35.1% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is lower than most areas and barely changed since 2011. This is a little below the South Australian rate and well below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.9% of the population, which is well below the state average of 15.1%. This figure has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404021101/port-adelaide/topic/mobility-location