39.6% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 54% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 39.6%
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.
A steady flow of new arrivals shapes the daily life of 1 million or more. While about 40% of people have moved house recently, the number of people arriving from overseas has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Around 39.6% of people here moved home in the last five years, which is a little below the national figure of 40.7%. This movement has slowed slightly since 2011, when 42% of residents had recently changed homes.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 10.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure has fallen steeply from 23.1% in 2011.
10.7% ▼ -53.8%
Lower than 55% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
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/SOSR501/1-million-or-more/topic/mobility-location