35.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Karama · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Karama
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Roughly 36% of people in Karama have moved house in the last five years, reflecting a population that is more settled than most other areas. While many residents stay put, the area has a strong international presence with 16.1% of people arriving from overseas recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Residents in Karama are less likely to move than those in the rest of the country, with 35.7% changing homes recently. This is well below the national figure of 40.7%, though the proportion of people moving has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.1% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average. This figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it is well below the Northern Territory's 21.0%.
16.1% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Karama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70016/karama/topic/mobility-location