49.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Downer · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Downer have moved house recently, making it a highly transient area. This constant churn of people is reflected in both high levels of domestic movement and a strong presence of newcomers from overseas.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.3% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
49.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.9% of the population, which is much higher than in most other areas, although this figure fell from 26.3% in 2011.
19.9% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Downer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051055/downer/topic/mobility-location