37.0% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tiwi · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Tiwi
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly one in five people in Tiwi arrived from overseas recently, which is well above the national figure. This high level of recent international arrival shapes the movement patterns of the area. Overall, the community is less mobile than other parts of Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37% of people moved house in the last five years. This is higher than most similar areas, although it is well below the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.7% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average, though it sits a little below the Northern Territory figure.
18.7% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Tiwi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70262/tiwi/topic/mobility-location