39.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Kakadu · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Kakadu
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Kakadu arrived from overseas recently, a figure far higher than the national average. This makes the area stand out as a major hub for new arrivals compared to other similar places.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.5% of people moved home in the last five years. This is much higher than most areas, though it sits a little below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 48.3% of the population, which is among the highest at this level. This is far above the Northern Territory's 21.0% and Australia's 14.5%.
48.3% ▲ +117.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 48.3%
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 Kakadu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70140/kakadu/topic/mobility-location