57.0% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rapid Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Rapid Creek
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Rapid Creek have moved house recently, making it a very transient place to live. This high turnover is driven by both local movement and a significant number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 57% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has risen since 2011, placing the area among the most mobile of its kind.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 27% of the population, which is well above the Northern Territory average of 21%. While this is still far above the Australian figure, the proportion of recent arrivals has fallen since 2011.
27.0% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 Rapid Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021026/rapid-creek/topic/mobility-location