42.2% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Light · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Light
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far more people have moved into Light since 2011, though fewer are arriving from overseas. This shift is seen in the 42.2% of residents who changed homes in the last five years, a figure that has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people moving into the area has risen by 9.2 percentage points since 2011. At 42.2%, this is well above the South Australian figure of 36.9% and higher than most other similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up only 5.6% of the population, which is among the lowest for this type of area. This figure has fallen since 2011 and sits well below the national average of 14.5%.
5.6% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Light [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40028/light/topic/mobility-location