13.7% ▲ +14.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
East Arnhem · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in East Arnhem
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved house in East Arnhem recently than in most other parts of the country. While only 13.7% of residents changed their home in the last five years, a fifth of the population were recent arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 13.7% of residents moved house in the last five years, a figure far below the national rate of 40.7%. This is among the lowest levels of movement seen in similar areas, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.2% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.5%. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average, but the proportion has fallen by 10 points since 2016.
20.2% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 East Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702041063/east-arnhem/topic/mobility-location