57.4% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Palmerston - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Palmerston - North
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Palmerston - North in the last five years than in almost any other similar area. About 57.4% of residents are new to the suburb, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This high turnover shows a very mobile population, though the proportion of newcomers has fallen since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 57.4% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the Northern Territory's 42.0%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, it has dropped 13 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 15.3% of people arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 14.5%. This is well below the Northern Territory's 21.0% and has fallen 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▼ -36.9%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 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 Palmerston - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041041/palmerston-north/topic/mobility-location