43.7% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Maitland · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Maitland
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
A much higher rate of movement than most areas defines Maitland, where 43.7% of people changed their address in the last five years. While many people are moving into the region, a smaller proportion are arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
Recent movement has increased since 2011, with 43.7% of residents moving home in the last five years. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 39.9%.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Overseas arrivals make up 9.9% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.5%. This proportion has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15050/maitland/topic/mobility-location