36.0% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Lincoln · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Port Lincoln
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Movement into the area has remained steady over the last decade, with Port Lincoln seeing a consistent flow of new residents. About 36% of people have moved house in the last five years, reflecting a level of mobility similar to the rest of South Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 36% of residents moved into Port Lincoln 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.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.6% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the South Australian rate of 15.1%.
11.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41201/port-lincoln/topic/mobility-location