46.1% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
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 the people in 250,000 to 999,999 have moved house recently, making it a highly mobile area. This movement is driven by both domestic shifts and a strong flow of people arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 46.1% of residents moved in the last five years, which is well above the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 16.7% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian average, though the share of recent arrivals fell from 20.0% in 2011.
16.7% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 73% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 250,000 to 999,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR802/250-000-to-999-999/topic/mobility-location