36.5% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Northern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Northern Heights
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive surge in overseas arrivals defines Northern Heights, where more than a quarter of the population has moved from abroad recently. While the area is now a major hub for new migrants, overall movement into the suburb has slowed compared to national trends.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.5% of residents moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is well below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 27.3% of the population, which is among the highest rates for this level of area. This is far above both the South Australian figure of 15.1% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
27.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Northern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41049/northern-heights/topic/mobility-location