Migration, or residential mobility, together with births and deaths are significant components of population change in Australia. Migration is the most volatile component of population change and can be affected by changing housing and economic opportunities such as housing affordability issues or changes in employment patterns.

This page looks specifically at internal migration, and includes annual data collected since the last Census to look at migration patterns in the most recent time periods. This is helpful to see likely affects on future population growth and where people are moving with the wider region. The data is sourced from the ABS - "Regional Internal Migration Estimates" collection, which is a part of the annual Estimated Resident Population update, and shows movement between all LGAs in Australia. The table shows in and out movements, while the map shows the net total movement between the area of interest and each LGA in the specified time period.

Migration data should be viewed in conjunction with age structure, occupation and household type information to get an appreciation of why people are moving as well as where. Cultural diversity is also an important related topic, as some areas function as first settlement locations of migrants, while others get secondary overseas migration.