38.4% —
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Gambier - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Mount Gambier - West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Mount Gambier - West over the last five years, as the share of residents who changed homes rose to 38.4%. This shift comes while the number of recent overseas arrivals has dipped slightly since 2016.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.4% of people here moved home in the last five years, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 36.9%. This is slightly lower than the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 15.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the rates for South Australia and Australia, though it fell 2.1 percentage points since 2016.
15.3% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Mount Gambier - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/407021174/mount-gambier-west/topic/mobility-location