49.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Downer · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Downer
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Downer have moved home in the last five years, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of movement is matched by a strong influx of people from abroad, making the area far more mobile than most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 49.3% of people here changed their address in the last five years. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits well above both the ACT and the national average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 19.9% of the population. This is much higher than most areas, sitting well above the figures for the ACT and Australia.
19.9% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Downer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80047/downer/topic/mobility-location