33.6% —
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
ACT - South West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in ACT - South West
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A drop of 11 percentage points in recent overseas arrivals defines the shifting movement patterns in ACT - South West. This area has seen a noticeable decline in people moving in, making it less mobile than most other parts of the region.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 33.6% of people moved home in the last five years, which is far below the ACT figure of 46.1%. This is a downward trend for the area, with the share of movers falling 8.5 percentage points since 2016.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 11.3% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This represents a sharp decline from 2016, when overseas arrivals sat at 22.2%.
11.3% —
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 ACT - South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801111140/act-south-west/topic/mobility-location