40.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hughes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Hughes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Much higher rates of overseas arrivals than most areas define the movement patterns in Hughes. While 16.8% of the population recently arrived from abroad, the area has seen a small decline in both overseas arrivals and the number of people moving house over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it is well below the 46.1% seen across the ACT.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average of 14.5% and is nearly identical to the ACT figure.
16.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091103/hughes/topic/mobility-location