24.2% ▲ +129.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Borroloola · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Borroloola
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Just over one in five people in Borroloola recently arrived from overseas, which is well above the national figure. While many residents are new from abroad, the local population is far more stable than other areas, with very few people moving house recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 24.2% of residents moved in the last five years, a figure far below the Northern Territory's 42%. This movement rose 14 points since 2011, though it remains much lower than most other areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 20.9% of the population, which is about the same as the Territory average but much higher than the national rate. This figure fell 16 points since 2016.
20.9% —
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Borroloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721003/borroloola/topic/mobility-location