37.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alawa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Alawa
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
One in five people in Alawa recently moved here from overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While international arrivals are common, a smaller share of the population has changed homes compared to the rest of the territory.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 42.0%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.0% of the population, well above the Australian figure of 14.5%. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average, though the proportion fell 10 points since 2011.
20.0% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Alawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021010/alawa/topic/mobility-location