38.3% —
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Norfolk Island · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Norfolk Island
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved to Norfolk Island in recent years, with 38.3% of residents arriving in the last five years. This shift represents a 10 percentage point increase since 2016, making the island more mobile than many other Australian areas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
The proportion of people who moved house in the last five years is well above the figure for other territories. At 38.3%, it is slightly below the national average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 8.7% of the population, which is well above the 5.6% seen in other territories. However, this is well below the Australian average and has fallen by 9.6 percentage points since 2016.
8.7% —
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Norfolk Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL921001/norfolk-island/topic/mobility-location