31.2% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Pirie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Port Pirie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
About 31.2% of people in Port Pirie moved home in the last five years. This is a much lower rate than most similar areas, showing a population that is far more settled than the state and national averages.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.2% of residents moved in the last five years, which is well below the South Australian figure of 36.9%. This rate has fallen slightly since 2011, making the area much less mobile than most other places.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.5% of the population, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the national average of 14.5% and has decreased since 2011.
11.5% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405031122/port-pirie/topic/mobility-location