65.4% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Adelaide City · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Adelaide City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Adelaide City is one of the most mobile areas in the country, with a huge proportion of the population moving house frequently. Nearly two-thirds of residents have changed their address in the last five years, reflecting a highly transient population.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 65.4% of people here moved home in the last five years, a figure far above the national average of 40.7%. This movement has increased since 2011, making the area's churn among the highest at this level.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 45% of the population, which is far above the South Australian figure of 15.1%. While still among the highest proportions for similar areas, this figure fell from 51.6% in 2011.
45.0% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
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 Adelaide City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40101/adelaide-city/topic/mobility-location