40.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people living at a different address than five years earlier.
Port Stephens · Council (LGA)
Migration & Movement in Port Stephens
How people move — recent moves within Australia and arrivals from overseas.
More than 40% of people in Port Stephens have moved house in the last five years. This high level of mobility makes the area stand out compared to most other regions, although it aligns with broader trends across the state and country.
Moving home
People who moved in the last five years.
About 40.4% of residents moved here within the last five years, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas. This proportion has risen by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Arrivals from overseas
Overseas-born residents who arrived recently.
Recent arrivals from overseas make up 7.8% of the population, which is well below both the New South Wales figure of 14.9% and the national average of 14.5%. This figure has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
7.8% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16400/port-stephens/topic/mobility-location