30.4% ▲ +30.8%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Victoria River · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Victoria River
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than a third of people in Victoria River arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. While international arrivals have surged, the area remains very stable for locals, with far fewer people moving house than in most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far below the 42% seen across the Northern Territory. This figure is much lower than most areas, although it has risen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 35.4% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.5% and has more than doubled since 2011.
35.4% ▲ +102.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702051068/victoria-river/topic/mobility-location