70.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 70.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Darwin City · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Darwin City
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A huge number of people have recently moved into Darwin City, making it a highly transient place where new faces are common. Over 70% of residents have arrived in the last five years, with many coming from overseas to settle in the city center.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Living here is defined by constant change, as 70.4% of people moved house in the last five years. This is far above the 40.7% national figure and the 42% seen across the Northern Territory.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
International migration is a major driver of this growth, with 34.4% of residents arriving from overseas recently. This is far above the national figure of 14.5% and the Territory's 21%.
34.4% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70073/darwin-city/topic/mobility-location