53.9% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Greenacres · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Greenacres
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Greenacres recently than in most similar areas. Over half the population has changed homes in the last five years, reflecting a highly mobile community with a strong pull for new residents.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 53.9% of residents moved here in the last five years, which is far above the South Australian figure of 36.9% and the national rate of 40.7%. This is among the highest levels of movement seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.4% of the population, a figure well above both the state (15.1%) and national (14.5%) averages. This high level of recent migration helps explain why so many people have moved into the area lately.
24.4% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 Greenacres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40534/greenacres/topic/mobility-location