54.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
South Canberra · Sub-region (SA3)
Migration & Movement in South Canberra
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the people in South Canberra have changed their address in the last five years. This high level of movement makes the area one of the most mobile in the region. It is a place where new faces are common and the population shifts frequently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 54.1% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is far above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 5 points since 2011 and is well above the ACT average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 14.5% of people arrived from overseas recently, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a little below the ACT average and has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
14.5% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 South Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/80106/south-canberra/topic/mobility-location