30.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Light · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Light
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move into or out of Light compared to similar areas. Only 30.6% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, and it has one of the lowest rates of recent overseas arrivals in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is much lower than in most areas, with 30.6% of people moving in the last five years. This is well below the South Australian figure of 36.9% and has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are among the lowest at this level, making up just 3.0% of the population. This is far below the 14.5% national figure and has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
3.0% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405011111/light/topic/mobility-location