37.3% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Gunnedah · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Gunnedah
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More people have moved into Gunnedah since 2011, with a notable rise in those arriving from overseas. This shift is most visible in the 18.5% of residents who moved here from another country recently, a figure well above the national average.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 37.3% of residents moved home in the last five years, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen since 2011, though it remains a little below the New South Wales average.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 18.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This is well above both the state and national figures, and has grown since 2011.
18.5% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/mobility-location