45.6% ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Meadows · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Meadows
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly half of all residents in Meadows have moved home in the last five years. This high level of mobility is a standout feature for the area, with 45.6% of people arriving recently. While many people are moving into the area, far fewer are arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
A huge 45.6% of people moved here in the last five years, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen 14 points since 2011 and sits well above the South Australian rate of 36.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Only 4.1% of residents arrived from overseas recently, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 5.9 points since 2011.
4.1% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415027/meadows/topic/mobility-location