35.9% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Canterbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Canterbury
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people in Canterbury tend to stay in their homes for longer than in other parts of the city. While 15.6% of the population arrived from overseas recently, the area sees fewer people moving house overall compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 35.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 39.9%. This rate is lower than most similar areas, though it has risen 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the national average of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen slightly by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11902/canterbury/topic/mobility-location