42.8% —
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Armidale Regional · Council (LGA)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Armidale Regional than in other similar areas, with 42.8% of residents changing homes in the last five years. This growth is driven largely by a massive influx of people from abroad, far exceeding the levels seen across the state and country.
People who moved in the last five years.
Nearly 43% of people here have moved house in the last five years. This is much higher than in most other areas and sits a little above the national figure of 40.7%.
42.8% —
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
The area sees a very high number of new arrivals from overseas, with 36.9% of the population arriving recently. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 14.9%.
36.9% —
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Share of overseas-born residents who arrived in Australia in the five years before the census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Migration & Movement in Armidale Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10180/armidale-regional/topic/mobility-location