34.0% —
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Inverell · Council (LGA)
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than one in five people in Inverell have arrived from overseas recently, creating a distinct mix of local and international residents. While the town sees a high number of new arrivals from abroad, far fewer people have moved into the area from within Australia over the last five years compared to the state average.
People who moved in the last five years.
About 34% of residents moved home in the last five years. This is around the middle for similar areas, but is well below the 39.9% seen in New South Wales and the 40.7% national figure.
34.0% —
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent overseas arrivals make up 22.2% of the population. This is much higher than most areas and sits well above both the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and the Australian average of 14.5%.
22.2% —
Higher than 86% 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 Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14220/inverell/topic/mobility-location