29.5% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Barkly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Barkly
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 31% of people in Barkly arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area one of the most welcoming to new international arrivals, even as fewer locals move into the region from other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 29.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the Northern Territory and Australian figures. This rate has risen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 30.6% of the population, placing Barkly among the highest areas for this group. This is well above the Northern Territory figure and far above the national average.
30.6% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021055/barkly/topic/mobility-location