Where people move and when: temporary population mobility in Australia

Nearly one million Australians (one in 20) were away from home on census night in 2006. Thus population estimates based on people’s usual place of residence provide an incomplete picture. This article uses the Australian national visitor survey (NVS) to supplement these estimates and outline a picture of the seasonal undulating movement of Australians across the landscape each year. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s