25.8% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 89% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Rural Balance · Section of State
Migration & Movement in Rural Balance
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people move in and out of Rural Balance compared to most similar areas. Only 25.8% of residents have changed homes in the last five years, which is far below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is much lower than in most other areas. At 25.8%, this is 15 points below the Australian average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.3% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This figure is well below the national average of 14.5% and has barely changed over the last decade.
6.3% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS43/rural-balance/topic/mobility-location