45.1% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Murrumbidgee · State Electorate
Migration & Movement in Murrumbidgee
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of the people in Murrumbidgee have moved house since 2016, showing a steady increase in how often residents relocate. This high turnover is mirrored by a strong presence of people born overseas, making the area more mobile than most of Australia.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 45.1% of residents moved here in the last five years, a figure that rose 5.1 percentage points since 2016. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
People arriving from overseas make up 16.4% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average. This proportion fell slightly from 18.3% in 2016.
16.4% —
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED80004/murrumbidgee/topic/mobility-location