37.8% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Capital Region · Region (SA4)
Migration & Movement in Capital Region
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 38% of people in the Capital Region have changed homes in the last five years. This movement is slightly lower than the state and national figures, reflecting a population that is relatively stable but has seen a small increase in mobility since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.8% of residents moved house recently, a figure a little below the New South Wales average of 39.9%. This proportion has risen slightly from 36.4% in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.0% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This level of new international arrival has barely changed since 2011.
10.0% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Capital Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/101/capital-region/topic/mobility-location