32.2% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
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Migration & Movement in Forbes
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Nearly a third of people in Forbes have arrived from overseas recently, making it a key part of the local mix. The area is generally stable, with far fewer people moving house in the last five years compared to the rest of the country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Only 32.2% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is well below the national figure of 40.7%. This proportion has also fallen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 13.8% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average. This figure has dropped by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
13.8% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12900/forbes/topic/mobility-location