41.1% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 65% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Migration & Movement in 1 million or more
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 41% of people in 1 million or more have moved house in the last five years. This is a high rate compared to most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Moving is common here, with 41.1% of residents changing homes since 2016. This is higher than most similar areas and represents a 3.8 percentage point increase since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 16.1% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.5%. However, this has fallen from 20.2% in 2011.
16.1% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR201/1-million-or-more/topic/mobility-location