39.9% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Cessnock · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Cessnock
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly 40% of people in Cessnock have changed their home in the last five years. This movement reflects a local population that is more mobile than in most similar areas, though the number of new arrivals from overseas has fallen recently.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 39.9% of residents moved house in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen by 6.0 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the state and national figures.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 7.6% of the population, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and national averages. This proportion has fallen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
7.6% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11720/cessnock/topic/mobility-location