37.4% —
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Central Coast · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Central Coast
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Far fewer people have recently arrived from overseas in Central Coast (NSW) compared to the state and national figures. While over a third of the population has changed homes recently, the area sees much lower levels of international migration than most other parts of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.4% of people moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most areas. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 39.9% and well below the Australian average of 40.7%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 6.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas. This is well below the 14.9% seen across New South Wales and the national figure of 14.5%.
6.9% —
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11650/central-coast/topic/mobility-location