39.1% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Tennant Creek · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Tennant Creek
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A quarter of all residents in Tennant Creek arrived from overseas recently, making it one of the most welcoming hubs for new arrivals in the region. This high level of international migration is a standout feature for the town. Movement is common here, with many people having changed their home in the last five years.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.1% of people moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a little below the Northern Territory and national rates.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 25.2% of the population, a figure that is far above the Australian average and well above the Territory's 21.0%. This proportion has grown by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
25.2% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL715007/tennant-creek/topic/mobility-location