20.8% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Yirrkala · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Yirrkala
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A very high proportion of people in Yirrkala have moved from overseas, though most residents are long-term locals. This creates a unique mix of deep local roots and a significant number of people born abroad.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 20.8% of people moved house in the last five years, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 42%. This rate is among the lowest for similar areas, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 32.1% of the population. This is far above the national figure of 14.5% and is among the highest proportions for similar areas.
32.1% —
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721016/yirrkala/topic/mobility-location