40.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Migration & Movement in Hughes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A striking 40% of people in Hughes moved house in the five years before the 2021 census. This movement is mirrored by a strong overseas presence, with nearly 17% of residents arriving from another country recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
While 40% of the population moved recently—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is well below the ACT average of 46.1%. It is about the same as the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.8% of the population, which is much higher than in most areas. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.5% and about the same as the ACT average.
16.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80076/hughes/topic/mobility-location