35.3% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mount Gambier · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Mount Gambier
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Recent years have seen a shift in how people move into Mount Gambier, with a rise in overseas arrivals despite fewer overall moves. While a smaller share of the population has moved house recently, the number of people arriving from abroad has grown since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The share of people who moved in the last five years fell to 35.3%, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the national figure of 40.7% and a little below the South Australian average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals have increased to 11.7% since 2011. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains a little below the Australian average and well below the state figure of 15.1%.
11.7% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40033/mount-gambier/topic/mobility-location