34.5% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Barkly · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in Barkly
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost a quarter of people in Barkly have arrived from overseas recently, a figure far above the national average. While the area sees a high proportion of international arrivals, it is much less likely for people to have moved house recently compared to other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 34.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the proportion has risen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 24.9% of the population, a rate far above the Australian average of 14.5%. This is among the highest proportions for this type of area and has grown since 2011.
24.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70202/barkly/topic/mobility-location