50.2% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 88% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
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 half of the people in Major Urban have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area much more transient than most other regions, with 50.2% of residents being relatively new to their homes.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A total of 50.2% of people moved in the last five years, which is well above the Australian figure of 40.7%. This proportion rose slightly from 49.2% in 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.6% of the population, a figure much higher than most areas and well above the national average of 14.5%. However, this share fell by 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
20.6% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 76% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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/SOS70/major-urban/topic/mobility-location