58.1% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Roxby Downs · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Roxby Downs
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people move into Roxby Downs than almost any other similar area, with 58.1% of residents arriving in the last five years. This high turnover of people is driven by both local moves and a significant rise in arrivals from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The number of people moving here in the last five years has jumped 23 points since 2011 to 58.1%. This is far above the 36.9% seen across South Australia.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 23.4% of the population, which is much higher than most other areas. This figure is well above the national rate of 14.5% and has risen 10 points since 2011.
23.4% ▲ +77.3%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 Roxby Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415039/roxby-downs/topic/mobility-location