44.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Stepney · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Stepney
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Stepney have moved house since 2016, marking a significant shift in the local population. This high level of movement is matched by a very strong influx of people from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Stepney is much more mobile than most areas, with 44.1% of people moving in the last five years. This is well above the South Australian figure of 36.9% and the national rate of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
A huge proportion of the community are recent arrivals from overseas, sitting at 24.5%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.5%.
24.5% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Stepney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41382/stepney/topic/mobility-location