41.2% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 69% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Major Urban · Section of State
Migration & Movement in Major Urban
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 41% of people in Major Urban have changed their home in the last five years. This high level of movement marks Major Urban as a place where people frequently relocate, with a significant number of residents arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 41.2% of people here moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average and has risen 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.1% of the population, a little above the national figure of 14.5%. While this is higher than most similar areas, the proportion of recent arrivals has fallen 4.0 percentage points since 2011.
16.1% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 65% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS20/major-urban/topic/mobility-location