36.9% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mataranka · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Mataranka
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Mataranka have arrived from overseas recently, marking a massive shift in the community's makeup. This high proportion of new international arrivals is the standout feature of the area's movement patterns, far exceeding both Territory and national figures.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 36.9% of people moved here in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the 42% seen across the Northern Territory and the 40.7% national figure.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 51.4% of the population, one of the highest proportions for this level of area. This is far above the Northern Territory's 21% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
51.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 51.4%
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 Mataranka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70179/mataranka/topic/mobility-location