51.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Mount Barker
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than half of the residents in Mount Barker have moved house recently, placing it among the highest areas for movement in the region. This high churn is driven by a strong internal migration trend, though the area sees fewer new arrivals from overseas compared to the state and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Over 51.5% of people 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 level of movement is among the highest seen in similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
About 9.2% of the population arrived from overseas recently. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the 15.1% seen across South Australia and 14.5% nationwide.
9.2% ▼ -41.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40932/mount-barker/topic/mobility-location