50.2% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Darwin · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Darwin
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over half of the people in Darwin moved here within the last five years, a figure well above the national average. This high churn of residents is seen alongside a significant number of people born overseas, though the proportion of recent international arrivals has dropped since 2011.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 50.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is well above the 40.7% national figure and the Northern Territory's 42.0%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 20.6% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.5%. This figure has fallen 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
20.6% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL703001/darwin/topic/mobility-location