39.4% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Riverton · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Riverton
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Riverton (L) have moved house in the last five years. This shift marks a significant increase from previous years, showing a more mobile population than a decade ago. While many move within Australia, arrivals from overseas are much less common here than in the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved recently rose by 13 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.4%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits slightly below the national figure of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.1% of the population, which is well below the South Australian figure of 15.1%. This represents a slight fall from 7.3% in 2011.
6.1% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421035/riverton/topic/mobility-location