42.5% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Macquarie-Hastings · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Port Macquarie-Hastings
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
Over 42% of people in Port Macquarie-Hastings have moved house in the last five years. This level of movement is much higher than in most other similar areas. While many people are moving into the region, very few are arriving from overseas.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 42.5% of residents moved home in the last five years, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales and national averages. This trend of people moving into the area has risen slightly since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.9% of the population, which is well below the figures for both the state and the nation. This proportion of new overseas residents has barely changed since 2011.
7.9% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Port Macquarie-Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16380/port-macquarie-hastings/topic/mobility-location