30.8% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 80% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Migration & Movement in 500 or more
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Fewer people have moved into 500 or more over the last decade, though the share of overseas arrivals has grown. Only 30.8% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People are less likely to move here than in other areas, with 30.8% arriving in the last five years. This is 9.9 points lower than the Australian average and represents a 3.2 point drop since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 9.8% of the population, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is well below the national average of 14.5%, though it rose 2.2 points since 2011.
9.8% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR421/500-or-more/topic/mobility-location