47.8% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nhulunbuy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Nhulunbuy
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much fewer people have moved into or arrived from overseas in Nhulunbuy since 2011. While the area remains more mobile than most, the proportion of people who moved here in the last five years has dropped by 13 points. Today, nearly half of the population has changed homes recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 47.8% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the territory average of 42.0%. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite the downward trend since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 14.5%. This is well below the Northern Territory figure of 21.0% and represents an 11 point fall since 2011.
13.9% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
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 Nhulunbuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702041064/nhulunbuy/topic/mobility-location