20.1% ▲ +456.2%
Lower than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 into Rural Balance compared to the rest of the country. Only 20.1% of residents have changed their home in the last five years, which is far below the national figure of 40.7%. This suggests a very stable population where most people stay put for long periods.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people moving here has risen since 2011, but at 20.1%, it remains among the lowest for similar areas. This is 21 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 3.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 14.5%. This is also among the lowest rates seen in similar areas.
3.1% ▲ —
Lower than 93% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS93/rural-balance/topic/mobility-location