38.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 53% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
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.
New faces are common in Major Urban, where 16.3% of people have arrived from overseas recently. This area sees a steady flow of people moving in and out, contributing to a dynamic population that is slightly more international than the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.4% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is around the middle for similar areas. This figure is a little below the Australian average of 40.7%, though it has risen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the national average. However, this proportion has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
16.3% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 67% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS40/major-urban/topic/mobility-location