47.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Plympton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Plympton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move into Plympton than in most similar areas, making it a highly mobile suburb. Nearly half of all residents have changed their address in the last five years, reflecting a population that is frequently in transition.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 47% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This movement has increased by 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are very common here, with 28.8% of residents arriving from abroad recently. This is far above both the state and national figures, though it has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
28.8% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 Plympton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404031107/plympton/topic/mobility-location