40.4% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Unley · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Unley
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A falling rate of new overseas arrivals has shaped the changing face of Unley since 2011. While 19.4% of the population arrived from abroad recently, this is much higher than the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. The area remains a popular choice for those relocating, with about 40% of residents having moved home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.4% of people here moved home in the last five years, a figure that is well above the South Australian average of 36.9%. This level of movement has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 19.4% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.5%. This is much higher than most other areas, although the proportion fell 6.1 points since 2011.
19.4% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Unley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40044/unley/topic/mobility-location