46.3% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Migration & Movement in Remainder of State/Territory
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Changing neighbours and new arrivals shape the daily life of the Remainder of State/Territory. Nearly half of the population has moved house in the last five years, and about one in four residents arrived from overseas recently. This creates a community with a high own rate of turnover compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Movement is common here, with 46.3% of people moving in the last five years. This is well above the national figure of 40.7%, although the rate has fallen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 24.7% of the population, which is far above the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure is much higher than most similar areas, despite falling slightly since 2011.
24.7% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 89% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/mobility-location