19.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Migration & Movement in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Only 19.9% of people in Cocos (Keeling) Islands have moved home in the last five years. This is far below the national figure and marks the area as one of the least mobile in the country. Residents here tend to stay put, with both local movement and overseas arrivals falling since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Fewer people are moving into the area than in most other places, with 19.9% moving in the last five years. This is far below the 40.7% national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 5.9% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen sharply by 11 percentage points since 2011.
5.9% ▼ -65.9%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/901021002/cocos-islands/topic/mobility-location