73.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 70.7%
- 2021: 73.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Belconnen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Belconnen
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 73% of Belconnen residents moved here in the last five years, making it one of the most mobile areas in the region. This high turnover is driven by a mix of local movers and a very large number of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved home recently is far above the ACT figure of 46.1% and the national figure of 40.7%. This trend has grown since 2011, with the share of new arrivals rising by 6.4 percentage points.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 35.1% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
35.1% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 35.1%
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 Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011002/belconnen/topic/mobility-location