32.6% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Port Augusta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 32% of the population in Port Augusta arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is far above the national average. While the city welcomes many newcomers from abroad, it sees fewer people moving between Australian homes compared to other areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 32.6% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is well below the 36.9% seen across South Australia and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 32.8% of the population. This is among the highest for similar areas and is far above both the state and national figures, which sit around 15%.
32.8% ▲ +192.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
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 Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41189/port-augusta/topic/mobility-location