15.0% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gulf · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Gulf
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 15% of people in Gulf have moved home in the last five years, making it one of the least mobile areas in the region. While most residents are long-term locals, a notable proportion of the population has arrived from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Very few people have moved into the area recently, with the 15% figure sitting far below both the Northern Territory (42%) and the national average (40.7%). This level of movement has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.9% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.5%.
16.9% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702051066/gulf/topic/mobility-location