20.1% —
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Migration & Movement in Remainder of State/Territory
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have moved into Remainder of State/Territory (OT) recently compared to the rest of the country. Only 20.1% of residents shifted homes in the last five years, showing a very stable population with minimal turnover.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Just 20.1% of people moved home in the last five years, a figure that is far below both the Other Territories average of 30.2% and the national figure of 40.7%. This is among the lowest rates of movement for similar areas.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 3.1% of the population, which is a little below the 5.6% seen across Other Territories. This is also far below the Australian average of 14.5%.
3.1% —
Lower than 59% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL931001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/mobility-location