41.3% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Alice Springs · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Alice Springs
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people move into Alice Springs from overseas than in most other similar areas. While 41.3% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, the most striking feature is the high proportion of people born abroad who have arrived recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.3% of people moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 26.0% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 14.5%. This is among the highest proportions for similar areas, although it fell from 35.0% in 2011.
26.0% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70201/alice-springs/topic/mobility-location