30.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Augusta · Urban Area
Migration & Movement in Port Augusta
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Port Augusta from overseas than in most similar areas. While a small number of residents have changed homes recently, the town has seen a significant jump in arrivals from other countries. This creates a sharp contrast between a settled local population and a growing group of new arrivals.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 30.2% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This figure is far below the national average of 40.7% and has barely changed since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 26.6% of the population, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen sharply by 12 points since the 2011 census.
26.6% ▲ +85.5%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 26.6%
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).
More for Port Augusta
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4004/port-augusta/topic/mobility-location