Some key factors underlying the process of mobility in Indigenous households include access to resources ('demand sharing'), availability and quality of housing, overcrowding, conflict, the impact of death, and 'visiting' patterns.

The experience of CAEPR's community-level household survey suggests the need for a multi-dimensional, nested set of definitions of 'household'. Minimally, 'household' should be defined using a combination of levels, which are increasingly inclusive: for example, incorporating the ABS standard and several alternative definitions which cover all persons staying in a particular location (including visitors) overnight or in the previous four weeks. There may be a recall problem for retrospective questions on mobility.