34.0% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kangaroo Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Kangaroo Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people are moving to and from Kangaroo Island compared to the rest of the country, making for a more stable residential population. Only 34% of residents have moved house in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 34% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is a little below the South Australian average and has fallen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.9% of the population, which is well below both the state and national figures. This proportion has fallen significantly since 2011, when it was 13.6%.
6.9% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407011145/kangaroo-island/topic/mobility-location