28.4% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Few people are moving into Rural Balance, as only 28.4% of residents have changed homes in the last five years. This low level of movement suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved in the last five years is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This figure is much lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.6% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the Australian figure of 14.5%, though the share has risen slightly since 2011.
12.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS73/rural-balance/topic/mobility-location