38.9% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Torrens · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Torrens
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into Torrens recently compared to the rest of the territory. While 38.9% of residents arrived in the last five years, this is well below the ACT average of 46.1%.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The share of people who moved home in the last five years rose by 5.8 percentage points since 2011. This current figure of 38.9% is a little below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 13.2% of the population, which is higher than most areas. However, this is well below the 16.7% seen across the ACT and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.2% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091110/torrens/topic/mobility-location