13.3% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tiwi Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Tiwi Islands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move in and out of the Tiwi Islands compared to the rest of the country. Only 13.3% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, making it one of the most stable areas in the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people moving here is far below the Northern Territory figure of 42%, and this trend has fallen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 17% of the population, which is a little above the national figure. This is a significant drop from 2016, when the proportion was 33.8%.
17.0% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031060/tiwi-islands/topic/mobility-location