46.1% —
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Scarborough (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Scarborough (North Metropolitan)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Scarborough moved here in the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of movement makes it one of the more mobile areas in the region, though the trend has eased slightly since 2016.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.1% of people moved home in the last five years, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 40.7% national figure. This movement rate fell by 2.9 percentage points since the last census.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 12.3% of the population, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.5%. This proportion has dropped significantly, falling 9.3 percentage points since 2016.
12.3% —
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Scarborough (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54804/scarborough/topic/mobility-location