59.4% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
North Canberra · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in North Canberra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 60% of people in North Canberra have changed their address in the last five years. This makes the area one of the most mobile places in the region, with a high number of people moving in and out of the district.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 59.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This movement has increased over the last decade, rising 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 23.5% of the population, a figure well above the 14.5% seen across Australia. While this is still much higher than most areas, it has fallen 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
23.5% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 North Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80105/north-canberra/topic/mobility-location