55.8% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Nightcliff · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Nightcliff
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of all residents in Nightcliff have moved house in the last five years. This high turnover makes the area one of the most mobile in the region, with a population that changes more quickly than in the rest of the Territory.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 55.8% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is far above the national rate of 40.7%. This trend has risen by 6 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 25.5% of the population, which is well above the Northern Territory figure. While this remains among the highest rates for similar areas, it has fallen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
25.5% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/mobility-location