38.2% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Adelaide · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Adelaide
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Adelaide have changed their address recently, making it a city where people frequently move in and out. While the population is more stable than in many other areas, a significant number of residents have arrived from overseas in recent years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 38.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 36.9%. This is a little below the national rate of 40.7%, though the proportion of movers has risen since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 15.7% of the population, which is higher than in most other areas. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.5%, although the share of recent arrivals has fallen since 2011.
15.7% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4001/adelaide/topic/mobility-location