49.6% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 49.3%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
250,000 to 999,999 · Section of State Range
Migration & Movement in 250,000 to 999,999
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in 250,000 to 999,999 have moved house recently, placing it among the most mobile areas of its kind. This high level of movement is balanced by a smaller proportion of recent overseas arrivals, which is just below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Almost 50% of people here moved home in the last five years. This is well above the Australian figure of 40.7% and has remained steady since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 12.8% of the population, which is a little below the 14.5% seen across Australia. This figure has fallen by 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 250,000 to 999,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR302/250-000-to-999-999/topic/mobility-location