70.8% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Dickson · Suburb / Locality
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 70% of people in Dickson have moved home in the last five years. This high turnover makes it one of the most mobile areas in the region, with a strong influx of both domestic and overseas arrivals.
People who moved in the last five years.
A striking 70.8% of residents moved in the last five years, which is far above the 46.1% seen across the ACT and the national figure of 40.7%. This is among the highest rates of movement for similar areas.
70.8% ▲ +45.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals are also very common here, with 26.6% of people arriving from abroad recently. This is well above the territory average of 16.7% and far above the Australian figure of 14.5%.
26.6% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 92% 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 Dickson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80046/dickson/topic/mobility-location