47.1% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Petermann · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Almost half of all residents in Petermann have moved here within the last five years. This high turnover of people makes the community feel very transient compared to most other parts of the country.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 47.1% of people moved to the area in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7% and the Northern Territory's 42.0%.
47.1% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 59.1% of the population, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.5% and the Territory's 21.0%.
59.1% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Petermann [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70222/petermann/topic/mobility-location