32.2% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Mallala · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Mallala
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A massive surge in overseas arrivals defines the recent movement patterns in Mallala, where 59.4% of residents have come from another country. This figure is far above the national average and marks a significant shift in the town's makeup over the last decade.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
People are less likely to move here than in other regions, with 32.2% changing homes in the last five years. This is well below the national figure of 40.7%, though the rate has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 59.4% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas. This is far above the South Australian figure of 15.1% and represents a huge increase from just 5.5% in 2011.
59.4% ▲ +989.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 59.4%
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 Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421023/mallala/topic/mobility-location