31.3% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Pirie · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Port Pirie
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Port Pirie recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.3% of residents arrived in the last five years, which is well below the national figure and marks a notable drop since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 31.3% of people moved here in the last five years, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is lower than most similar areas and has fallen by 8.1 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 11.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, though it remains well below the South Australian and national figures.
11.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL413005/port-pirie/topic/mobility-location