31.2% —
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canberra East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Canberra East
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Canberra East recently compared to most other areas. While only 31.2% of residents arrived in the last five years, the area has seen a rise in people arriving from overseas, who now make up 16.8% of the population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 31.2% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure far below the ACT's 46.1% and well below the national average of 40.7%. This is much lower than most areas, although the rate has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.8% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas. This is about the same as the ACT average and a little above the Australian figure, rising 4.4 percentage points since 2016.
16.8% —
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Canberra East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801031113/canberra-east/topic/mobility-location